America’s regression, Consolidation, Wars

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America’s regression by Glenn Greenwald
Liberal Dems take aim at war funding
‘The war is in Pakistan right now‘ says Jeremy Scahill
Editors reporting to sales managers at Dallas newspaper
AMERICA’S BIGGEST CABLE CO. WANTS MORE POWER
Why the FCC should stop Comcast NBC from PC World
Commissioner Copps on merger: ‘They face a steep climb with me‘
Congress to scrutinize [...]

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Wednesday night news round-up

more about “Daily Show: Dick’s memory“, posted with vodpod
 

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Free Radio, Spokane
Google CEO envisions the news consumer of the future from Nieman Lab
Ex-ambassador: CIA tortured for confessions in Uzbekistan
Italy convicts former CIA agents in renditions trial
OPINION
The tortured logic continues by Amy Goodman
House shames itself on Goldstone Report by Matthew Rothschild
US in Afghanistan: Familiar role [...]

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News from the weekend

Phyllis Bennis on GritTV: Israel discourse has changed
Karzai rival ending Afghan campaign & Clinton says runoff is legit anyway!
Rep. Kucinich: Bill a bailout for insurers & Will we stand for the people?
Mountaintop removal protests going national
Rep. Markey warns about right-wing net neutrality misinformation
New kind of global [...]

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Michael Moore on CNN: ‘We need to leave’ Afghanistan

Filmmaker Michael Moore told CNN’s Larry King that it’s time for President Barack Obama to wind down the war in Afghanistan. “It’s unwinnable. It’s immoral. It’s illegal. It’s wrong,” he said. “We need to leave.”
Moore appeared on the program Thursday along with another war critic, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas).
“It is my sincere hope that he [...]

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Matthew Hoh resignation letter

US Foreign Service Officer Matthew P. Hoh,
Senior Civilian Representative, Afghanistan
“I have lost understanding of and confidence in the strategic purposes of the United States’ presence in Afghanistan. I have doubts and reservations about our current strategy and planned future strategy, but my resignation is based not upon how we are pursuing this war, but why [...]

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Newspaper circulation declines, 350, crowdsourcing

Most creative 350 photos
Shocking print circulation declines from E&P
Q&A: Mother Jones on crowdsourcing journalism
CIA may have misled Congress repeatedly
Beware virtual NY Times, Pentagon Afghan coup
Prosecutors attack Innocence Project students
8 reasons Fox is not a news organization
Season of false starts for news organizations
Clean energy is an easy choice from Grist
Obama promises $3B for ’smart grid’
USA Today: [...]

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Wednesday updates

US spies buy stake in firm that monitors blogs, Twitter from Wired
Secret Service overwhelmed with unprecedented death threats
‘Blue Bell’ Dems must fix net neutrality mistake from Daily Kos
Obama issues new medical marijuana guidelines from NORML

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Weekend Reading 40+ stories

Bush covered up global warming, hid info from Dems from Raw Story
Carbon emissions must peak by 2015 from Common Dreams
At UN, US votes against Gaza war crimes report endorsement
Code Pink delivers Afghani women’s petition to end war to Obama

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