Friday finds

Written by: Gerry L on Oct 10, 2008 7:53 AM EDT

Friday~

***************round of articles about our domestic ‘issues’ ~ October 10th,  2008

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Moment of Truth

Paul Krugman

~~~The consequences of Lehman’s fall were apparent within days, yet key policy players have largely wasted the past four weeks. Now they’ve reached a moment of truth: They’d better do something soon — in fact, they’d better announce a coordinated rescue plan this weekend — or the world economy may well experience its worst slump since the Great Depression.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/opinion/10krugman.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

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Analysis

The End Of American Capitalism?

Anthony Faiola

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/09/AR2008100903425.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR

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Why Are We Surprised?

From Enron to the Current Meltdown

By ROBERT BRYCE

http://www.counterpunch.org/

 

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A Silver Lining to the Economic Crisis?

by Ximena Ortiz

http://www.nationalinterest.org/Article.aspx?id=20000

 

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In case you missed Democracy Now’s program yesterday on voting security…

Or lack of it…three excellent segments…

 

Greg Palast on Vote Rigging and Suppression Ahead of the 2008 Election

BBC investigative journalist Greg Palast travels to New Mexico, Michigan and Colorado to investigate how both Democrats and Republicans are accusing each other of trying to steal the election. Palast also discusses his new comic book Steal Back Your Vote, co-written with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. [includes rush transcript]

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/10/9/greg_palast_on_vote_rigging_and

 

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Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner on Voter Rights, Faulty Electronic Voting

Machines, Voter Fraud and GOP Voter Challenge

Ohio is a key swing state that ended up deciding the outcome of the 2004 election. But the state was riddled with voting problems, ranging from breakdowns in electronic voting machines to accusations of widespread voter disenfranchisement. We speak to Democrat Jennifer Brunner, who was elected Secretary of State of Ohio in November 2006. [includes rush transcript]

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/10/9/ohio_secretary_of_state_jennifer_brunner

 

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Voter Purging Process Is Schrouded in Secrecy, Prone to Error and Vulnerable to

Manipulation

A new study by the Brennan Center for Justice has found voters across the country are being purged through a process that is shrouded in secrecy, prone to error and vulnerable to manipulation. The Brennan Center is calling on states to develop and publish uniform, non-discriminatory rules for purges; provide public notice of pending purges; make purge lists publicly available; and develop rules for individuals to challenge the purge list. [includes rush transcript]

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/10/9/report_voter_purging_process_is_shrouded

 

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ACORN Is Not the Nut Here

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/36749

 

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Brace Yourself

by Robert C. Koehler

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/10/09-2

 

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Thanks to Maddi in Dayton for this…

Make-Believe Maverick

A closer look at the life and career of John McCain reveals a disturbing record of recklessness and dishonesty

By TIM DICKINSON

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/make_believe_maverick_the_real_john_mccain

 

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And found also on Rollinstone’s website…these next two items…

The Double-Talk Express

From tax cuts to torture, John McCain has flip-flopped on a host of issues - including his own immigration bill

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/23316955/the_doubletalk_express/

 

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McCain and the Meltdown

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081027/archive_intro

 

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Palin vs. Palin

Bruce Fein

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20081009_palin_vs_palin/

 

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The Truth About Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin's credentials as a "reformer" are nothing but spin. She has sided with Big Oil, lobbied to increase pork spending and abused her public power to carry out personal vendettas. Here's a guide to separating myth from fact.

TIM DICKINSON

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/23140513/the_truth_about_sarah_palin

 

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Here, three really good segments from last nigh’s  Rachel Maddow Show

PALIN’S PALS…

The Association Game…

From The Rachel Maddow Show…

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/27108355#27108355

 

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Race in the Race?????

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/27108355#27108465

 

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“Troopergate” Investigation

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/27108355#27108600

 

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America’s Right-Wing Zealots Will Not Fade Away

by: Steve Weissman, t r u t h o u t | Perspective

http://www.truthout.org/100908R

 

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Exclusive: Inside Account of U.S. Eavesdropping on Americans

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5987804&page=1

 

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And now, for something a little different….a ‘thank you’ …

Civic Virtues:  Gore Vidal’s Selected Essays

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081027/scialabba

 

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from and about ‘over there’

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On crisis, Europe to US: 'I told you so'

Europeans blame economic mess on US 'anything goes' capitalism as Iceland faces a full meltdown.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1010/p07s03-woeu.html

 

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Financial crisis: Panic selling wipes £100bn off UK companies

• FTSE plunges 10% in early trading
• Markets across Europe were also in freefall

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/oct/10/marketturmoil-creditcrunch

 

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Nature loss 'dwarfs bank crisis'

The global economy is losing more money from the disappearance of forests than through the current banking crisis, according to an EU-commissioned study.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7662565.stm

 

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Corruption blamed as cholera rips through Iraq

A deadly outbreak of cholera in Iraq is being blamed on a scandal involving corrupt officials who failed to sterilise the local drinking water.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/corruption-blamed-as-cholera-rips-through-iraq-956701.html

 

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US blamed for killing of prominent Shia MP

Patrick Cockburn

A powerful member of the Iraqi parliament that is loyal to the anti-American Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr was killed in a carefully planned assassination in Baghdad yesterday.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/us-blamed-for-killing-of-prominent-shia-mp-956702.html

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Juan Cole:  Informed Comment

http://www.juancole.com/

 

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Former Officials Say Iran Helped On al-Qaida

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20968.htm

 

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Iran, Israel and American Disinformation

By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, Middle East Online
http://www.alternet.org/story/101897/

 

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Blame the criminal gangs in power

Nina Lopez-Global Women's Strike

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/10/1

 

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Peace and Solidarity

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In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

Attributed to George Orwell

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