News & Analysis III, March 14, 2011

Chris Hedges
http://www.truth-out.org/power-concedes-nothing-without-a-demand68454

Krugman on Inside Job and ongoing frauds
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/opinion/14krugman.html?ref=opinion

Anonymous releases damaging Bank of America emails detailing insurance fraud in loans
http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/anonymous-releases-damning-bank-of-america-emails/

How Anonymous retaliated against security firm threats by penetrating their network and releasing documents 
http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/anonymous-releases-71800-hbgary-e-mails-through-new-site/

US Public Opinion Shift Toward Israel?
http://www.alternet.org/world/150210/how_us_public_opinion_has_shifted_on_israel%2C_five_years_after_the_publishing_of_%27the_israel_lobby%27_

Al Franken on Net Neutrality
http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/14/techcrunch-interview-senator-al-franken-talks-net-neutrality-and-his-morning-workout-routine/

Michigan legislation to impose marshall law in municipalities
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/14/michigan-set-to-enact-sweeping-financial-martial-law_n_835526.html

Deceptive Editing Found in NPR Sting Tape
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/14/npr-sting-tape-analysis-editing_n_835384.html

NYT criticism
http://gawker.com/#!5781806/the-new-york-times-columnist-problem

Greg Pallast details Tokyo Electric Company (TEP) involvement in planned US nuclear projects
http://www.truth-out.org/tokyo-electric-build-us-nuclear-plants-the-no-bs-info-japans-disastrous-nuclear-operators68457

American Lung Assoc Study on toxic effects and costs of US coal-burning power plants
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/14/power-plant-air-pollution-coal-kills_n_833385.html

Obama, torture and WikiLeaks
http://www.salon.com/news/wikileaks/index.html?story=/opinion/greenwald/2011/03/14/manning

Circumstances of initial charges against Julian Assange in Sweden
http://open.salon.com/blog/lost_in_berlin/2010/08/21/swedes_question_rape_accusations_against_wikileaks_founder

News & Analysis II, March 14, 2011

Obama DOJ prosecutes the whistleblower Thomas Drake 
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/04/15/prosecutions

A dispassionate and insightful analysis of likely GOP strategies in 2012
http://www.salon.com/news/2012_elections/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2011/03/13/schaller_2012_gop

Perspective on the firing of Dept of State spokesman Crowley
http://www.salon.com/news/wikileaks/index.html?story=/opinion/greenwald/2011/03/13/crowley

This is unbelievable footage of the tsunami arriving in Japan
http://gawker.com/#!5781528/street+level-footage-of-a-japanese-town-washing-away

Stripping Collective Bargaining in Wisconsin was illegal
http://www.truth-out.org/assault-collective-bargaining-illegal-says-international-labor-rights-group68423

Main, New Hampshire and Missouri jump on the anti-labor kick, Koch brothers hands seen
http://thinkprogress.org/2011/03/12/identical-rightwing-antiworker-bills/

Food processing idiocy in peanut butter
http://www.grist.org/article/2011-03-08-real-scandal-of-reduced-fat-skippy-peanut-butter-isnt-salmonella

Obama's Ag Hypocrisy - Wendell Berry
http://www.grist.org/article/2011-03-07-usda-chief-flatters-industrial-agriculture-obama-wendell-berry

Eduardo Porter Interview on problems with extreme income disparities
http://www.alternet.org/economy/150072/the_cost_of_overpaying%3A_how_high_ceo_salaries_and_income_disparity_affect_our_wealth%2C_health_and_happiness/?page=1

News & Analysis I, March 14, 2011

Rachel Maddow comprehensive explanation of nuclear power plants
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2011/03/12/rachel_maddow_japan_nuclear_emergency/index.html

Broad-based demonstrations in Wisconsin
http://www.thenation.com/blog/159209/tractors-roll-madison-wisconsin-readies-biggest-protest-yet

Koch Industries 
http://www.grist.org/article/2011-03-12-why-doesnt-congress-give-a-damn-about-climate-hint-not-messaging


It's The Suburbs, Stupidhttp://www.grist.org/article/2011-03-11-its-the-suburbs-stupid-on-the-ezra-klein-tom-vilsack-dustup

Ed Schultz on Wisconsin
http://www.bigeddieradio.com/

Julian Assange and extradition risks
http://www.truth-out.org/how-so-called-guardians-free-speech-are-silencing-messenger68353

Bill Moyer and NPR's value as an institution
http://www.truth-out.org/in-defense-npr68389

Working class Republican support in Wisconsin, ramifications for GOP
http://www.truth-out.org/ej-dionne-jr-what-wisconsin-can-teach-washington68374

Then They Came For The Trade Unionists
http://www.truth-out.org/then-they-came-trade-unionists68363

O'Donnell parodies Gingrich apology
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/11/lawrence-odonnell-newt-gingrich-parody-affairs_n_834417.html

Contamination from abandoned Mercury mines in the west
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/03/mercury-california-fish-san-francisco-bay.html?utm_

News & Analysis, March 13, 2011

It's hard to even comprehend what's happening in Japan and I hope their misery can somehow be mitigated. Nonetheless, I'm still fixated on the problems we have at home...

Naomi Klein on GOP Shock Doctrine with Rachel Maddow 
http://www.thenation.com/video/159107/naomi-klein-wisconsins-shock-doctrine

What's Next in the labor rights battle
http://www.alternet.org/news/150219/pro-worker_movement_gains_power_in_wisconsin%2C_but_what%27s_next_

Repeal Scenario In Wisconsin
http://thinkprogress.org/2011/03/10/scott-walker-repeal-amendment/

Rep. King (R-NY) Witch-hunting Muslims
http://thinkprogress.org/2011/03/10/peter-king-helping-extremism/

Bring Back The Original Wealth Tax - Economic Analysis - Excellent!
http://www.dollarsandsense.org/archives/2011/0311cleveland.html

Public Sector Workers Do Not Make More Than Private Sector Workers - Economic Analysis
http://www.dollarsandsense.org/archives/2011/0311pollack.html

Still Banking On Fraud
http://www.dollarsandsense.org/archives/2011/0111black.html

Naomi Klein on Democracy Now! March 12, 2011

Democracy Now, Naomi Klein, author of Shock Doctrine - The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Full hour video, longish intro of world events prior to interview - scary and on the money)

http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/naomi_klein_on_climate_change_union_busting_20110311/

News & Analysis, March 12, 2011

Political attacks on EPA and Clean Air Act...
http://www.grist.org/article/2011-03-10-fred-upton-pursues-epa-down-the-rabbit-hole

The problem with Dems and policy concessions...
http://www.grist.org/article/2010-03-30-post-truth-politics

How the Wisconsin events might backfire on Republicans
http://www.alternet.org/news/150149/has_walker%27s_giant_overreach_screwed_republicans_3_major_mistakes_that_might_sink_the_gop_in_november?page=1

A primer on the Koch Brothers from The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/30/100830fa_fact_mayer?currentPage=1

Lee Fang on Koch's and Americans for Prosperity efforts to support Walker's union bashing in Wisconsin
http://thinkprogress.org/author/Lee%20Fang

Black Market in Bluefin Tuna (See the documentary, "The End Of The Line")
http://www.publicintegrity.org/treesaver/tuna/01-the-black-market-in-bluefin.html

News & Analysis II, March 10, 2011

I feel compelled these days to do something and so I have been sending more links through my political email list. I hope this is not a burden for those on the list and if you can't deal with this stuff now then you obviously don't have to read it. And if anyone is getting fed up - with my attempts at advocacy and activism - then you can always opt out. Thanks...

Wisconsin dairy factory farms pollute groundwater. 
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/us/18dairy.html

Background on non-GMO movement leaders...
http://www.responsibletechnology.org/blog/1267

GE Salmon petition
http://action.responsibletechnology.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5638

GMO Labeling petition
http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/6236/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4158

Wisconsin and Obama...
http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/03/10/obama_wisconsin_unions/index.html

Guardian on Walker's Agenda...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/mar/10/wisconsin-usa

News & Analysis I, March 10, 2011

The New York Times' Wisconsin coverage has been inadequate, at best. Here are a few stories that shed more light on the rightwing attempt to strip organized labor and working families of their collective bargaining rights and political power. It's a bald-faced play to further weaken the middle class in this country and it has major implications for the next election and the future of the country.

http://blogs.forbes.com/erikkain/2011/03/09/wisconsin-republicans-sneak-through-union-busting-bill-without-democrats/

http://www.salon.com/news/wisconsin/index.html?story=/tech/htww/2011/03/09/wisconsin_goes_nuclear

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_260247e0-4ac4-11e0-bfa9-001cc4c03286.html

Propublica has been doing an excellent job investigating the environmental hazards of natural gas drilling, particularly in Pennsylvania. Now, the governor there has appointed an energy industry advocate there as the environmental czar in the state...

http://www.propublica.org/article/corbett-pa-energy-exec-authority-environment

Here's a revealing, cautionary piece on New Jersey's rising GOP star, Governor Christie. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/10/nyregion/10christie.html?hp

This Time We're Taking The Whole Planet With Us - Easter Island Analogy

A little light reading from Chris Hedges at Truthdig...
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/this_time_were_taking_the_whole_planet_with_us_20110307/

More on Monsanto

We need to fight for our democracy too...
http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2011/0223/Control-over-your-food-Why-Monsanto-s-GM-seeds-are-undemocratic

Clean Air Act - Economic Benefits

This is a startling report and provides a compelling answer to the current budget-cutting craze and deregulation of industries...

http://www.grist.org/article/2011-03-02-gains-from-clean-air-act

Food Policy We Can't Believe In

This is a terrific piece that encapsulates many of the issues that threaten our food today, and there's a petition to sign if you agree that action is warranted...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wenonah-hauter/food-policy-we-cant-belie_b_821666.html?ir=Food

"The Liberal Media Strikes Again"

It is truly remarkable how manipulative our national media has become. 

http://www.truth-out.org/the-liberal-media-strikes-again68115

Even Hillary Clinton recently called out mainstream media in America and declared that Al Jazeera English is gaining popularity because they report "real news."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/03/hillary-clinton-calls-al-_n_830890.html

 

Untreated Toxic Waste In Our Rivers

This sort of history just keeps repeating itself. How can it be possible that we allow corporate interests to continually plunder public resources and poison the water we drink? It just makes me sick every time I think about it. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/04/us/04gas.html?_r=1&hp

Wisconsin Coverage In The National Media

I have been taking great interest in the Wisconsin controversy in which the Governor has been trying to strip public sector unions of their collective bargaining right, and had found the Times' coverage lacking and inconsistent...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/02/new-york-times-ag-sulzberger-wisconsin-protests-coverage_n_830397.html

Wisconsin Power Play

Paul Krugman of the NYT speaks to the public's interest from his economics chair.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/21/opinion/21krugman.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=wisconsin%20power%20play&st=cse

Wallflowers at the Revolution - Frank Rich

This is really excellent!
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/opinion/06rich.html?_r=1