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Friday, August 3, 2012

Thanks Jon.

Thanks Jon.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | AUGUST 2, 2012
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In France, Socialist President Hollande makes wealthiest pay - The Washington Post

In France, Socialist President Hollande makes wealthiest pay - The Washington Post
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Author: Romney Utterly Misread My Book - Jared Diamond says candidate misquoted Guns, Germs, and Steel

http://www.newser.com/story/151347/author-romney-utterly-misread-my-book.html

Senate Cybersecurity Bill Stalled By Ridiculous Amendments - Slashdot

http://politics.slashdot.org/story/12/08/02/1437240/senate-cybersecurity-bill-stalled-by-ridiculous-amendments

Economist: There’s A ‘Wide Consensus Among Economists’ That America Needs To Raise Taxes To Reduce Deficit

Economist: There's A 'Wide Consensus Among Economists' That America Needs To Raise Taxes To Reduce Deficit
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 2, 2012
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There is broad economic consensus among economists that the United States will eventually have to raise taxes to pay down the ... Read more

Iowa’s GOP Governor Blasts Romney Campaign On Wind Tax Credits: They Need To ‘Come Out Here To The Real World’

Iowa's GOP Governor Blasts Romney Campaign On Wind Tax Credits: They Need To 'Come Out Here To The Real World'
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 2, 2012
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Now that Mitt Romney's campaign has officially declared the candidate's desire to kill tax credits for wind while ... Read more

GOP Governor Schools Romney On Wind: ‘Get Out Here In The Real World To Find Out What’s Really Going On’

GOP Governor Schools Romney On Wind: 'Get Out Here In The Real World To Find Out What's Really Going On'
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 2, 2012
http://tinyurl.com/bswy45w

Days after Mitt Romney's campaign announced his opposition to extending the wind production tax credit, Romney campaigned ... Read more

Message To House GOP About Drilling On Public Lands: ‘All Of The Above’ Does Not Mean ‘All Of The Acres’

Message To House GOP About Drilling On Public Lands: 'All Of The Above' Does Not Mean 'All Of The Acres'
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 2, 2012
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By Jessica Goad The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a hearing this morning about the ... Read more

Exodus Splinter Group Provides Fresh Look At Harmful Ex-Gay Methodology

Exodus Splinter Group Provides Fresh Look At Harmful Ex-Gay Methodology
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 2, 2012
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When Exodus International's President Alan Chambers said recently that there's no "cure" for ... Read more

Like Romney’s Tax Plan, House Republican ‘Tax Reform’ Would Mean A Major Middle-Class Tax Increase

Like Romney's Tax Plan, House Republican 'Tax Reform' Would Mean A Major Middle-Class Tax Increase
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 2, 2012
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Our guest blogger is Seth Hanlon, Director of Fiscal Reform at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. The House of ... Read more

60 Faith Leaders Sign Letter Telling GOP Not To Raise Taxes On 24 Million Americans

60 Faith Leaders Sign Letter Telling GOP Not To Raise Taxes On 24 Million Americans
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 2, 2012
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A coalition of faith leaders released a letter ahead of yesterday's symbolic House tax vote telling Republicans not to ... Read more

Boehner: Debt deal? I didn't have anything to do with any debt deal!

Boehner: Debt deal? I didn't have anything to do with any debt deal!
DAILY KOS | AUGUST 2, 2012
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Boehner: "Who? Me?" Here we go again. As they pack their bags for a five-week summer recess, members of Congress who ... Read more

New Obama ad: 'Romney's tax plan? He pays less. You pay more.'

New Obama ad: 'Romney's tax plan? He pays less. You pay more.'
DAILY KOS | AUGUST 2, 2012
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Brutal new ad from the Obama campaign set to air in New Hampshire, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Ohio, Iowa, Colorado, and ... Read more

Mitt Romney says he built that

Mitt Romney says he built that
DAILY KOS | AUGUST 2, 2012
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Other than insulting people in foreign countries, Mitt Romney's main focus over the past few weeks has been accusing President ... Read more

A desert island recession...

A desert island recession...
DAILY KOS | AUGUST 2, 2012
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Tom the Dancing Bug, by @RubenBolling, is supported by readers like you. Please join the INNER HIVE for benefits, ... Read more

Silly Christians..

Silly Christians..
REDDIT TOP NEWS | AUGUST 2, 2012
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Thursday, August 2, 2012

"Inside Creationism's Trojan Horse"

Interview:

Matchbox Vanish Magic Secrets Revealed

"The Free Will Argument" by Old Fart Rants

170 Law Professors Debunk ‘Religious Freedom’ Argument In Contraception Debate

170 Law Professors Debunk 'Religious Freedom' Argument In Contraception Debate
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 1, 2012
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Today, an Obamacare regulation went into effect that phases in guaranteed coverage of preventive services for women — including ... Read more

Economist: Prioritizing Deficit Reduction Over Important Investments Is ‘Completely Misguided’ In This Economy

Economist: Prioritizing Deficit Reduction Over Important Investments Is 'Completely Misguided' In This Economy
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 1, 2012
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Making debt and deficit reduction our nation's top priority while the economy is still recovering from the Great ... Read more

GRAPHIC: A Day In The Life Of Big Oil

GRAPHIC: A Day In The Life Of Big Oil
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 1, 2012
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Every hour so far in 2012, the five largest oil corporations have recorded a $14,400,000 profit. And every hour, they received ... Read more

Artificial butter flavoring ingredient linked to key Alzheimer’s disease process

Artificial butter flavoring ingredient linked to key Alzheimer's disease process
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

The Debate Over Cuts To The Food Stamp Program

Interview:

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-07-26/debate-over-cuts-food-stamp-program

One in seven Americans receives food stamps, a number that's up sharply since the financial crisis. Most experts agree unemployment and underemployment have contributed to the number of people in need of food assistance. The U.S. House of Representatives is considering a measure that would cut nearly two million people from the program and cause 280,000 children to lose free meals. Anti-poverty advocates call it unconscionable. But supporters of the cuts say the food stamp program is inefficient and many people are receiving benefits who are not truly in need. Diane and her guests discuss the cost of feeding America's poor.

A Trade Show For Hackers

Interview:

http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/07/26/hackers

Imagine the world’s best jewel thieves and the world’s best detectives meeting in Las Vegas to discuss the newest ways to steal high priced jewelry. That’s exactly what’s happening only it’s the world’s best hackers and security men at what is called The Black Hat Conference.

Would you like to learn how to hack into the utilities new smart meters, maybe make a minor adjustment? We have your hacker although the utility companies tried to shut down his presentation.
This hour, On Point, Hackers and the security companies who recruit them.

The Battle Over Voter ID

Interview:

http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/07/25/the-battle-over-voter-id

Voter ID laws. It’s become a hot battle in the federal courts as we head toward November. 11 state legislatures, nearly all Republican, have passed stricter laws requiring voters to present identification at the polls in the last two years. Republicans say the new laws are necessary to prevent possible voter fraud.
Democrats respond it’s a solution in search of a problem, there’s no evidence of fraud except on the smallest of scales. The House majority leader in Pennsylvania bragged publicly that new voter ID laws will deliver his state to Romney.
This hour, On Point: Voter ID, needed authentication or voter suppression?

Eliot Spitzer: Clean Up The Banks

Interview:

http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/07/23/eliot-spitzer

Remember when banks were full of stuffed shirts whose main interest was whether you had enough collateral to get a loan? Neither do I. After sending the planet into a worldwide recession four years ago, now another round of banking scandal. This time involving money laundering, Mexican drug cartels, Al Qaida funders and international interest rate manipulations. And sadly that’s not a complete list. Will anyone get arrested this time?

This hour, On Point: Former New York Governor and Attorney General Elliot Spitzer.

Crooked Bankers

Interview:

http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/07/18/bankers

Somali pirates and piracy, pretty quiet this year we’re told. Wish we could say the same about the world of big banks. From the gory headlines week after week, the world of big banking can look like a pirates’ jamboree. LIBOR rate rigging. Mexican money laundering. London whaling.

Ponzi schemes and crooked deals and straight up theft and fraud. It’s too much. It’s appalling. Giant HSBC in the hot seat now for moving billions in drug lord money. Some days it feels like there are Somali pirates in the world’s banking wheelhouse.
This hour, On Point: banking gone bad, and what to do about it.

Chick-Fil-A Approval Rating Plummets After Anti-Gay Controversy

Climate Change Skeptic Does 180 On Global Warming

Oops: Romney Praises Poland's Economy But...

Senate Climate Hearings Hosted By Denialists, Obstructionists

Senate Climate Hearings Hosted By Denialists, Obstructionists
THINKPROGRESS | JULY 31, 2012
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On Wednesday, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is holding hearings to provide an "update" on ... Read more

CHART: Romney’s Plan To Swell The Defense Budget

CHART: Romney's Plan To Swell The Defense Budget
THINKPROGRESS | JULY 31, 2012
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In a report released today as part of the Center for American Progress Action Fund's "Romney U," CAP's ... Read more

Big 5 Oil Companies Going For The Gold

Big 5 Oil Companies Going For The Gold
THINKPROGRESS | JULY 31, 2012
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Second-Quarter Earnings Race Ahead, Boosted by Tax Breaks by Daniel J. Weiss and Jackie Weidman Middle-class families may have ... Read more

Republican Congressman Blasts GOP: Party Caters To ‘Extremes,’ Is ‘Incapable Of Governing’

Republican Congressman Blasts GOP: Party Caters To 'Extremes,' Is 'Incapable Of Governing'
THINKPROGRESS | JULY 30, 2012
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Congressman Richard Hanna (R-NY) is fed up with the GOP. Hanna singled out Michele Bachmann's "suggestion that ... Read more

Romney Praises Poland’s Economy, Where Government Plays A Larger Role Than The U.S.

Romney Praises Poland's Economy, Where Government Plays A Larger Role Than The U.S.
THINKPROGRESS | JULY 31, 2012
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Visiting Poland for the final leg of his gaffe-filled trip abroad, Romney praised how the nation has "lifted the heavy ... Read more

Monday, July 30, 2012

THE DAILY STAR :: Editorial :: Romney the dunce

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Editorial/2012/Jul-31/182720-romney-the-dunce.ashx#axzz229K0feQy

Another hiccup? Romney's foreign trip not smooth - Businessweek

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-07-30/romney-courts-donors-before-leaving-israel#p1

Romney a Fan of ... Israel's Socialized Health Care - Mitt praises health care system at fundraiser

http://www.newser.com/story/151095/romney-a-fan-of-israels-socialized-health-care.html

Facebook Abstainers could be labeled Suspicious

http://activepolitic.com:82/News/2012-07-25c/Facebook_Abstainers_could_be_labeled_Suspicious.html

So, I told my christian friend today that I was an atheist... Really christians?

So, I told my christian friend today that I was an atheist... Really christians?
REDDIT TOP NEWS | JULY 30, 2012
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Israeli Leaders Praise Obama’s Commitment To Israel’s Security

Israeli Leaders Praise Obama's Commitment To Israel's Security
THINKPROGRESS | JULY 30, 2012
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Mitt Romney's main theme on his foreign trip to the U.K., Israel and Poland this week is that President Obama isn't ... Read more

Romney Will Allow Wind Tax Credit To Expire, Costing 37,000 Jobs

Romney Will Allow Wind Tax Credit To Expire, Costing 37,000 Jobs
THINKPROGRESS | JULY 30, 2012
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Mitt Romney has officially endorsed risking thousands of jobs by letting the production tax credit (PTC) for wind expire, the ... Read more

CHART: Nearly Half Of Complaints To New Consumer Protection Agency Related To Mortgages And Foreclosures

CHART: Nearly Half Of Complaints To New Consumer Protection Agency Related To Mortgages And Foreclosures
THINKPROGRESS | JULY 30, 2012
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According to a report issued today, 43 percent of consumer complaints to the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau had to do ... Read more

A History Of Paul Ryan’s Attempts To Dismantle Social Security

A History Of Paul Ryan's Attempts To Dismantle Social Security
THINKPROGRESS | JULY 30, 2012
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That House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) supports the privatization of Social Security is well known. Ryan ... Read more

Republicans shake collective fist at sky, cursing reality for interfering with politics

Republicans shake collective fist at sky, cursing reality for interfering with politics
DAILY KOS | JULY 30, 2012
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The House Republicans want to spend their last week before the long recess doing their usual shit: banning imaginary abortion ... Read more

What we really need

What we really need
DAILY KOS | JULY 30, 2012
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Click for larger image Order a signed print of this cartoon from the artist Support independent cartooning by joining SPARKY'S ... Read more

Mitt Romney 'providence' comments in Israel outrage Palestinians | World news | guardian.co.uk

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/30/mitt-romney-israel-economic-success

Romney Claims Arab Spring Could've Been Avoided By Bush's 'Freedom Agenda'

Obama's Muslim Problem Bigger Than Romney's Mormon Problem

Busted: Mitt Romney Edited NAACP Video, Boos Become Applause

Palestinian villages face demolition to create IDF training ground

Prominent climate-change denier now admits he was wrong | McClatchy

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/07/29/158593/prominent-climate-change-denier.html#storylink=cpy

Pope Benedict XVI Names Viciously Anti-Gay Priest As Archbishop Of San Francisco

Pope Benedict XVI Names Viciously Anti-Gay Priest As Archbishop Of San Francisco
THINKPROGRESS | JULY 27, 2012
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Pope Benedict XVI has appointed a new Archbishop of San Francisco: Salvatore Cordileone. Though his name is not yet widespread, ... Read more

Fwd: Dems Hammer GOP For Proposing Middle Class Tax Hikes

Dems Hammer GOP For Proposing Middle Class Tax Hikes
TPMDC | JULY 24, 2012
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Senate Democrats are working to shatter the GOP's central argument in the tax battle -- that unlike Democrats, they oppose ... Read more

Simon Johnson: Serious Megabank Problems Headed Our Way

Simon Johnson: Serious Megabank Problems Headed Our Way
THE HUFFINGTON POST - FEATURED NEWS | JULY 26, 2012
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A powerful new voice for financial reform emerged this week - Sarah Bloom Raskin, a governor of the Federal Reserve System. In a speech on Tuesday, sh... Read more

Romney's 'No Apologies' Diplomacy in Action

Romney's 'No Apologies' Diplomacy in Action
THE ATLANTIC | JULY 26, 2012
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_Mitt Romney has criticized Obama's diplomacy as "apologizing for America" and urged more backbone abroad, but so far that's not working great in Lond... Read more

AdWatch: Simplistic ad assails economic stimulus - seattlepi.com

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/AdWatch-Simplistic-ad-assails-economic-stimulus-3741332.php

OOPS: Anti-Obama PAC Features Commander Who Thinks Obama Is ‘Fantastic’

OOPS: Anti-Obama PAC Features Commander Who Thinks Obama Is 'Fantastic'
THINKPROGRESS | JULY 27, 2012
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Three retired special operations officers have started a new political action committee aimed at, as a recent fundraising email ... Read more

Conservatives outraged over Abraham Lincoln bust in the Oval Office

Conservatives outraged over Abraham Lincoln bust in the Oval Office
DAILY KOS | JULY 27, 2012
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Mitt Romney, parroting another right-wing conspiracy theory: Mitt Romney, speaking to a group of more than 200 supporters in ... Read more

Bombshell: Koch-Funded Study Finds ‘Global Warming Is Real’, ‘On The High End’ And ‘Essentially All’ Due To Carbon Pollution

Bombshell: Koch-Funded Study Finds 'Global Warming Is Real', 'On The High End' And 'Essentially All' Due To Carbon Pollution
THINKPROGRESS | JULY 28, 2012
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