Just when you thought you had heard the craziest Obama conspiracy theory out there, another one magically springs up and challenges to take its place.
Posted on Oct 3, 2012
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Do you know to what extent the corporate-sponsored presidential debates are rigged via secret agreements between the Democrats and Republicans? George Farah, author of the book, “No Debate: How the Republican and Democratic Parties Secretly Control the Presidential Debates,” does, and he’s ready to tell you.
Posted on Oct 3, 2012
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By Rachel Newcomb —
On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines—and Future” depicts a society paralyzed by an economy based almost solely on oil and government handouts.
Posted on Oct 3, 2012
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By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout —
The American public has remained largely silent, if not also complicitous, with the rise of a neoliberal version of authoritarianism.
Posted on Oct 3, 2012
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By Bill Blum — Four of the sitting justices are 74 or older. Each can be expected to step down over the next four to eight years.
Posted on Oct 3, 2012
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A Guardian survey of six swing states finds new voter registration markedly down from 2008 levels, particularly among Democrats. A lack of enthusiasm could be to blame, as could the nationwide effort by Republican-controlled state legislatures to make it more difficult to vote.
Posted on Oct 3, 2012
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By Robert Reich — A sampling of questions you should not expect debate moderator Jim Lehrer to ask during Wednesday’s night highly anticipated showdown between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
Posted on Oct 3, 2012
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By William Pfaff — The West Europeans are contemplating handing their independent arms and aerospace companies over to a conglomerate that would bestow on the United States an effective veto over the greater part of Europe’s rival defense industry.
Posted on Oct 2, 2012
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By Tracy Bloom — A look at the day’s political happenings, including how Paul Ryan’s 30 percent compares with Mitt Romney’s 47 percent and a Pennsylvania judge decides the fate of the state’s voter ID law for the 2012 election.
Posted on Oct 2, 2012
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President Obama has defanged the military, gave his first interview to Muslim journalists and “seeks to purposefully bankrupt and bring about the downfall of America,” fans of Mitt Romney argued at a campaign event Monday.
Posted on Oct 2, 2012
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In his best effort to appear knowledgeable about matters of social importance, former Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway cutely endorsed Mitt Romney ahead of the presidential debate in the Mile High City on Wednesday.
Posted on Oct 2, 2012
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By Andy Kroll, TomDispatch —
It was the greatest education system the world had ever seen, accessible and affordable, a door with a welcome mat into the ivory tower, an invitation to a better life. Then California politicians bled it dry.
Posted on Oct 2, 2012
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By Alexander Reed Kelly — A bold experiment is under way in the world’s fifth-largest economy: French President Francois Hollande has announced his intent to tax the rich. What happens next could deliver a blow to one of global capitalism’s most persistent myths.
Posted on Oct 2, 2012
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By Peter Z. Scheer — A new documentary about prison and the drug war makes the science fiction dystopias of “Looper” and “Dredd 3D” feel disturbingly plausible.
Posted on Oct 1, 2012
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By Eugene Robinson — It promises to be an epic clash: Mitt Romney vs. Mitt Romney. Oh, and President Obama will be there, too.
Posted on Oct 1, 2012
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Seth MacFarlane, the man—not to mention the voices—behind the animated TV show “Family Guy” and the film “Ted,” will be hosting the 85th annual Academy Awards. Here’s what you can expect.
Posted on Oct 1, 2012
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Off the record, the administration has confirmed an Internet-based attack on the White House, but says “These types of attacks are not infrequent and we have mitigation measures in place.”
Posted on Oct 1, 2012
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By Tracy Bloom — A look at the day’s political happenings, including Paul Ryan offers a reason why he would not give details of Mitt Romney’s tax plan in a TV interview over the weekend, the GOP tries to explain why its presidential candidate is probably winning and the 2012 election gets the video game treatment.
Posted on Oct 1, 2012
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Same-sex marriage is still not legal in California, but the Golden State took a positive step for gay rights over the weekend when it became the first in the U.S. to ban a controversial form of therapy that seeks to change the sexual orientation of children and teens.
Posted on Oct 1, 2012
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By Robert Reich — The biggest election news this week won’t be who wins the presidential debate Wednesday night. It will be how many new jobs were created in September, announced Friday morning by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Posted on Oct 1, 2012
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By Chris Hedges — A disturbing pattern of gross infringements on basic civil liberties, put in place in the name of national security, has poisoned our legal system.
Posted on Oct 1, 2012
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GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan insists that Mitt Romney’s plan will lower taxes for all Americans, but you’ll just have to take him on his word.
Posted on Sep 30, 2012
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This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Dr. Martin Makary blows the whistle on hospital horror stories, Paul Ryan’s “secret” tape, women hand it to Obama and Nato Green says the left will never be happy.
Posted on Sep 30, 2012
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