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Friday / September 11, 2015

Posted on September 11, 2015 by markt

“Why is there evil in the world? Because sometimes you just wanna fuckin have it, and you don’t care who gets hurt.” ― Joe Hill, singer and labor movement martyr. (See “Zen Master Of Nonresponse”, below.)

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War Should Be The Last Option: Why I Support The Iran Nuclear Deal

Posted on September 11, 2015 by markt

www.nytimes.com By Bernie Sanders Reader Supported News (9/10/15) I support the agreement that the United States negotiated with China, France, Germany, Russia, and the United Kingdom and Iran. I believe this approach is the best way forward if we are … Continue reading →

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Kim Davis’s Law Breaking Exemplifies America’s Broken Politics

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Kim Davis: Poster girl for American evangelicalism. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley) We are certainly a nation of Christians. What we are not is a Christian nation. By Andy Kopsa The Guardian (9/9/15) A survey conducted in February found that most Republicans … Continue reading →

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Zen Master Of Nonresponse: Scott Walker Won’t Take Questions About Past Or Future

Posted on September 11, 2015 by markt

“You look handsome today. What is your secret?” This is probably all that Walker’s frail heart can handle. (Editor’s Note: While Wisconsin’s limp political press served Scotty well in his rise to power it didn’t toughen him up for the … Continue reading →

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The Republicans Are Now Officially The Party Of Wild-eyed White Paranoia

Posted on September 11, 2015 by markt

Trump clearly feels he can afford to flip off the Hispanic community and win with a whites-only strategy. And his supporters are loving the idea that he’s trying. In the elaborate con that is American electoral politics, the Republican voter … Continue reading →

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Home For The Politically Homeless: Blue Jean Nation To The Rescue

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By Nathan J. Comp Then Progressive (September 2015) Mike McCabe is speaking to about two-dozen mostly gray-haired people in the basement of the Ripon Public Library in Wisconsin, not far from the schoolhouse where a similarly sized group of disaffected … Continue reading →

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Federal Reserve Needs To Worry About Inequality, Not Inflation

Posted on September 11, 2015 by markt

If Fed raises interest rates every time there is a sign of wage growth, workers’ share will be ratcheted down – never recovering what was lost in the downturn. By Joseph Stiglitz Guardian UK (9/9/15) At the end of every … Continue reading →

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The City of Detroit Withheld Water From 40,000 People–So Activists Tapped The Mayor’s Mansion

Posted on September 11, 2015 by markt

  Activists Steal Water From Detroit Mayor And Give It To Residents ( Photo from downtrend.com ) By  Lauren Gaynor  In These Times (9/9/15) On the morning of August 3, volunteers from the Michigan and Detroit Coalitions Against Tar Sands (MICATS/DCATS) gathered at … Continue reading →

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Victory Against Secret Fake Cell Phone Towers Shows Privacy Isn’t Dead … Yet

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thefreethoughtproject.com By Trevor Timm The Guardian (8/4/15) Don’t look now, but digital privacy rights are making a major comeback in the United States. Thursday saw the latest in a series of recent victories for those who are against secret and … Continue reading →

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Becoming The Enemy: Darknet Broadcast ISIS Members Being Executed, Tortured

Posted on September 11, 2015 by markt

By Jacob Steinblatt Vocativ (7/30/15) Anonymous users on the darknet are vowing to imminently broadcast the torture and execution of captive ISIS members. “We will deliver and we will hit the deadline,” a note posted to a darknet site read. It was signed by “Enemies … Continue reading →

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Dept. Of Much Needed Humor — Ted Cruz: Damn! All The Good Countries To Wall Off Taken By Other Candidates

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The Onion (7/30/15) TIPTON, IA—Following Gov. Scott Walker’s recent endorsement of building a fence along the Canadian border, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) reportedly worried Monday that all the good foreign countries to wall off from the U.S. had already been … Continue reading →

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How Can You Possibly Trust US On Nuke Deal?

Posted on September 10, 2015 by markt

(Daily Call cartoon by Mark L. Taylor, 2014. Open source and free to reprint with link to www.thedailycall.org ) United States? Are you kidding? We’re nuts. By Negin Farsad Creative Times Reports (9/4/15) Americans have spent a lot of time over … Continue reading →

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Bigger Threat To The Vote Than The GOP? Foreigners Could Hack US Elections, Experts Warn

Posted on September 10, 2015 by markt

“It’s really hard to assess the likelihood of attack from really sophisticated adversaries.” By Jimmy Chin WhoWhatWhy (8/31/15) What if a foreign head of state had the power to handpick our next President? It sounds like the plot of a … Continue reading →

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Mainstream Republicans? It Would Be Nice, But Donald Trump Is No Radical Outlier

Posted on September 10, 2015 by markt

time.com When it comes to the way he treats workers, the Donald is as Republican as capital gains and Richard Nixon. By Donald Kaul Other Words (9/2/15) There are those who would have you believe that Donald Trump is an … Continue reading →

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Texas Lawyer Exposes Religious Hiring Test For Peace Officers: County Only Wanted Baptist Constables

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By David Edwards Raw Story (9/7/15) A Texas judge ruled last week that a case against Williamson County could go forward after a job applicant claimed that commissioners had a religious test for constable jobs. Robert Lloyd explained at a … Continue reading →

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