Friday finds

Written by: Gerry Lykins on Jul 3, 2009 9:16 AM EDT

Friday~

***************round of articles about our domestic ‘issues’ ~ July 3rd, 2009

 

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That ’30s Show

By PAUL KRUGMAN

O.K., Thursday’s jobs report settles it. We’re going to need a bigger stimulus. But does the president know that?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/03/opinion/03krugman.html

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Ignoring Propethic Predictors

by Ralph Nader

I've wondered often why people who go to "town meetings" held by campaigning politicians rarely ask fundamental questions.

Here is one that should have been asked of presidential candidate Barack Obama: "If you get to the White House, will you appoint to top positions Americans who have a track record of making the right decisions in their respective fields?"

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/07/02-15

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Washington Post Cancels Lobbyist Event Amid Uproar

http://www.truthout.org/070209R

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White House close to deal with hospitals on cost cuts

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/71222.html

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It's All About the Money

Obama's False Friends of Health Care Reform

By WENDELL POTTER

http://www.counterpunch.org/potter07022009.html

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John Pilger Calls UK National Health Service a Treasure, Blasts US Lawmakers for Being "in Bed with Powerful Interests" and Neglecting "Their Own People's Basic Human Rights"

We play an excerpt of an extended interview with Australian investigative journalist, John Pilger. Speaking about the US healthcare system, Pilger says, “What is it about US legislators that they appear to be so in bed with such powerful interests, such as the insurance companies, that they can’t represent their own people’s needs, their own people’s basic human rights.” [includes rush transcript]

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/7/2/john_pilger_blasts_us_lawmakers_on

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DFA (Democracy for America) is conducting a good campaign to

https://www.democracyforamerica.com/contribution_pages/121

Can you help out?????

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Ask Your Members of Congress to Support the Consumer Financial Protection Agency

http://action.citizen.org/t/6693/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=27546

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The Age of Paine

By Scott Tucker —

“That filthy little atheist,” as Thomas Paine was called by Theodore Roosevelt, has few monuments dedicated to his memory. Building a bronze and marble monument to Paine will never revive the republic, but his words still carry an electric current of freedom. His intellectual and political energy is always available for rediscovery.

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090703_the_age_of_paine/

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Kill the Indian. Save the Man.

by: Dahr Jamail and Jason Coppola, t r u t h o u t | Perspective

Manifest Destiny

    In 1845, an American columnist, John O'Sullivan, writing about the proposed annexation of Texas, claimed that it was America's "manifest destiny to overspread the continent." Later in the same year, referring to the ongoing dispute with Great Britain over Oregon, he wrote that the United States had the right to claim "the whole of Oregon."

http://www.truthout.org/070209A

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**************Closer to ‘home’ items…(Ohio/Indiana/Kentucky area)

Politics & Government

City fires top pension official

Alec Baldwin - for Ohio governor?

Health-care execs air reform concerns

Mayor race set without primary

Krikorian hires Michael Jackson lawyer

No budget - many press conferences

Waterworks sale up to Cincy voters

Strickland defends slots proposal

4 pm decision could mean $400,000

Obama: High-speed rail would help Ohio

Ohio News

Ohio slots standoff attracts crowds

2 more guilty in Cleveland corruption probe

Ohio confirms death of swine flu victim

Bond set at $600,000 in Ohio rock throwing

Ohio call center to lose 250 jobs

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=NEWS

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Fourth events and Northern KY Community news:

http://nky.cincinnati.com/

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The Dean saves $413,000, announces run for School Board

http://www.cincinnatibeacon.com/index.php/contents/comments/the_dean_saves_413000_announces_run_for_school_board/

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Hey, Passenger Rail Advocates!  Don’t let NAACP/COAST dictate terms of the debate

http://www.cincinnatibeacon.com/index.php/contents/comments/hey_passenger_rail_advocates_dont_let_naacp_coast_dictate_terms_of_the_deba/

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U.S. Shifts Strategy on Illicit Work by Immigrants

By JULIA PRESTON

The Obama administration is replacing workplace raids and roundups of workers by immigration authorities with a less confrontational approach to employers such as American Apparel.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/03/us/03immig.html?ref=us

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Glenn Greenwald

The still-growing NPR "torture" controversy

(updated below - Update II - Update III)

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/07/02/npr/index.html

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Obama Administration Backs Bush White House on Cheney Interview

by David Corn

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/07/02-11

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Grand Jury Inquiry on Destruction of C.I.A. Tapes

By MARK MAZZETTI

The agency destroyed 92 videotapes that showed C.I.A. officers using harsh interrogation methods, including waterboarding, on two Qaeda detainees.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/03/us/03inquire.html?ref=us

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U.S. Says It Will Preserve Secret Jails for Terror Case

By BENJAMIN WEISER and SCOTT SHANE

The government will agree to preserve the secret overseas sites where Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a defendant in a terror case involving the deaths of 224 people, was once held.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/03/nyregion/03detainee.html?ref=us

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from and about ‘over there’

 

 

 

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From GRITtv Laura  Flanders interviews Stephen Cohen:

(as I post this the ‘feed’ is not working right on the video..but it may be later)

Very interesting interview…worth checking back in case the video link is still off.

Then, Stephen Cohen, author of Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives: From Stalinism to the New Cold War  on Obama’s upcoming trip to Russia and what to expect from the new administration. Will US/Russia relations change in any fundamental way? And who’s advising Obama when it comes to the former Soviet Union? Some of the very same architects of shock therapy who have little credibility inside Russia today.

http://lauraflanders.firedoglake.com/2009/06/30/progressive-politics-and-the-lgbt-movement-us-russia-relations-and-a-tribute-to-michael-jackson/

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U.S. Faces Resentment in Afghan Region

By CARLOTTA GALL

A new American military operation in southern Afghanistan may ignite further tensions among a weary population, officials warn.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/03/world/asia/03helmand.html?ref=world

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Iran Says British Embassy Staff to Stand Trial

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/04/world/middleeast/04iran.html?_r=1&hp

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Juan Cole:  Informed Comment

Mousavi Said Calling for General Strike;
Hard Liners Call for his Arrest

http://www.juancole.com/

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Cynthia McKinney Detained in Israel

http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20090702_cynthia_mckinney_detained_in_israel/?ln

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My talk with Hamas about peace with Israel

The US should follow the Northern Ireland and South African models – which had principles, not preconditions.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0624/p09s01-coop.html

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Honduras wavers on Zelaya vote

The Honduran military-backed interim government has sent mixed messages about using the ballot box to resolve the crisis sparked by a coup against the country's elected president.

Shortly after saying a national referendum on reinstating the ousted Manuel Zelaya to the presidency was possible and that he had "no objection" to bringing forward November presidential elections, Roberto Micheletti, the interim president, told Al Jazeera the opposite.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/07/20097303711199722.html

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The Significance Of Washington's Coup Attempt In Honduras

By Shamus Cooke

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22958.htm

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Peace and Solidarity

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"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it."

- Mark Twain, humorist and author (1835 - 1910)

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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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