NEWS DELAY – Marijuana legalization fight – CIA

Ahead of state-wide vote, marijuana legalization battle heats up in CA TOP STORIES Did the CIA use Bybee memo for protection? from Firedoglake The health bill is a bonanza for insurance industry by Bill Moyers Key differences between progressive & liberal thinking by David Sirota Germany to expand nuclear plant phase-out by 28 years from [...]

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News Delay: Dennis Kucinich’s policy drama – Clarence Thomas’ torture connection – Medical marijuana’s lost man

UN torture expert criticizes Obama for not investigating previous administration TOP HEADLINES Why is Barack Obama writing GOP talking points? by John Nichols Granny D dies at 100: She walked across the USA for campaign finance reform Why the oppressed must tell their own story from Toward Freedom Top US home-school texts dismiss evolution THE [...]

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Fundraising for peace – Guns at Starbucks?

TOP STORIES Toyota accused of ‘withholding documents’ Al Gore finally responds: ‘We can’t wish away climate change’ Fears drive up the price of copper Mortgage modifications and you, Part One from FDL Sixth Annual Israel Apartheid Week hits 40 cities WAR & PEACE 1000 US soldiers dead in Afghanistan, time to revive anti-war agenda Kevin [...]

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Kill more civilians – Fracking – Jobs bill

Republicans help US Senate pass jobs bill from The Hill TOP STORIES Docs show Congress knew more about CIA rendition, secret detention & torture Will someone please arrest Bush, Cheney as they meet for 1st time on Friday? The flailing falsehoods of America’s war criminals by Glenn Greenwald Why so little attention to Vernon Hunter, [...]

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Weekend reading

Chris Matthews is scared of kung fu fighting terrorists from Raw Story Senate health-care bill would still leave millions uninsured Banks roll out new check, card fees from Democratic Underground Official Army history: Bush ‘hamstrung’ troops by Stephen C Webster Former UK Prime Minister slams Iraq War motives Michael Chertoff’s serious ‘full-body scanners’ conflict of [...]

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America’s regression, Consolidation, Wars

TOP 4 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 [...]

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Wednesday night news round-up

more about “Daily Show: Dick’s memory“, posted with vodpod   TOP 4 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 [...]

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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 marketplace by Kalle Lasn [...]

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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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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 [...]

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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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