http://www.buzzflash.net http://www.buzzflash.nethttp://www.buzzflash.net/img/es/buzzflash_buzz-logoalt1_small.jpg Collaborate publishing site and blog's communication swapping Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:10:29 -0500 http://mnm.uib.es/gallir/meneame/ en BuzzUpGoodNewshttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~3/c4Eg4TGdgGI/story.php http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1890641 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:10:29 -0500 Justice4alltoday Progressive Issues occupy brooklyn protest banksters http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1890641 <p>More than 700 protesters demonstrating against corporate greed, global warming and social inequality, among other grievances, were arrested Saturday after they swarmed the Brooklyn Bridge and shut down a lane of traffic for several hours in a tense confrontation with police. The majority of those arrested were given citations for disorderly conduct and were released, police said. Some protesters sat on the roadway, chanting &quot;Let us go,&quot; while others chanted and yelled at police from the pedestrian walkway above. Police used orange netting to stop the group from going farther down the bridge, which is under construction. Some of the protesters said they were lured onto the roadway by police, or they didn't hear the calls from authorities to head to the pedestrian walkway. Several videos taken of the event show a confusing, chaotic scene. Some show protesters screaming obscenities at police and taking a hat from one of the officers. Others show police struggling with people who refuse to get up.</p><p><img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/votes_img.php?id=1890641" alt="votes" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/comments_img.php?id=1890641" alt="comments" /></p><p>&#187;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/10/02/national/main20114436.shtml'>noticia original</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KTbEM9M1BnYD8Jkvl77n4a-sJUk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KTbEM9M1BnYD8Jkvl77n4a-sJUk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KTbEM9M1BnYD8Jkvl77n4a-sJUk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KTbEM9M1BnYD8Jkvl77n4a-sJUk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~4/c4Eg4TGdgGI" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.buzzflash.net/comments_rss2.php?id=1890641 http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1890641 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~3/hOkDkYAXPBE/story.php http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1890660 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:00:06 -0500 Justice4alltoday Progressive Issues occupy wall street protest support us http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1890660 <p>Twice a day, the Occupy Wall Street movement gets mail - so much the protesters had to designate an official &quot;mailman.&quot; Well-wishers and kindred spirits from across the country have been sending cardboard boxes bearing food, medical supplies, clothes and blankets to the masses who have camped out near Ground Zero since Sept. 14. &quot;I want to thank you for the many sacrifices you are making to better this nation,&quot; read a note that Janet Bauer of Elk Grove Village, Ill., wrote to accompany her care package. She also threw in $30 in cash. &quot;I'm a 51-year-old permanently disabled person who is unable to join you - but know my heart and hopes are with you.&quot; What started as a loosely organized sit-in to protest the practices of Wall Street has grown into something much larger and harder to define - an ever-changing, ultra-democratic clamor for social change.</p><p><img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/votes_img.php?id=1890660" alt="votes" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/comments_img.php?id=1890660" alt="comments" /></p><p>&#187;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/10/02/2011-10-02_via_web__mail_supplies_pour_in_from_across_us.html?r=news'>noticia original</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8j1z03v9W11muxw56I84PENDzgY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8j1z03v9W11muxw56I84PENDzgY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8j1z03v9W11muxw56I84PENDzgY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8j1z03v9W11muxw56I84PENDzgY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~4/hOkDkYAXPBE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.buzzflash.net/comments_rss2.php?id=1890660 http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1890660 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~3/Gu0iwv-dHis/story.php http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1890699 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:00:15 -0500 Justice4alltoday Progressive Issues occupy wall street protest publishing http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1890699 <p>Over the last two weeks, as people participating in a protest called Occupy Wall Street have called attention to what they say are inequities in the economic system, the ways in which news organizations have covered the protests have been a subject of hot debate. Some protesters have wished aloud for reporting more in line with their own conception of themselves. Now, they have their own newspaper. It debuted on Saturday with a print run of 50,000, after two independent journalists in New York started a campaign using the online fund-raising platform Kickstarter.“This movement has sometimes been misrepresented,” said Arun Gupta, 46, one of the two primary organizers of the project. “This paper is for the general public to let them know what is going on here.” The four-page broadsheet includes a story by Mr. Gupta headlined “The Revolution Begins at Home,” an essay by the former New York Times war correspondent Chris Hedges urging people to participate in the protests, and a “Declaration of the Occupation” approved at a meeting of protesters on Sept. 29.</p><p><img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/votes_img.php?id=1890699" alt="votes" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/comments_img.php?id=1890699" alt="comments" /></p><p>&#187;&nbsp;<a href='http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/occupying-and-now-publishing-too/'>noticia original</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ufO2YJ25O-Lw_uZzBXoee9H4RO0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ufO2YJ25O-Lw_uZzBXoee9H4RO0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ufO2YJ25O-Lw_uZzBXoee9H4RO0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ufO2YJ25O-Lw_uZzBXoee9H4RO0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~4/Gu0iwv-dHis" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.buzzflash.net/comments_rss2.php?id=1890699 http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1890699 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~3/rKV9IgLFG8Y/story.php http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1890804 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 14:50:09 -0500 CwV Right Wing rick perry militarist idiot http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1890804 <p>Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry says he is open to sending American troops to Mexico to help battle drug cartels. Perry, the Texas governor, likens the situation to Colombia, where the government accepted American military support in battling the war on drugs. Perry says the current violence may require similar military action. He often calls for more National Guard troops to help protect the Mexican border and stem the flow of illegal immigration. But Saturday's comments go further. They indicate he's open to deepening America's military involvement across the border.</p><p><img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/votes_img.php?id=1890804" alt="votes" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/comments_img.php?id=1890804" alt="comments" /></p><p>&#187;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/01/rick-perry-troops-mexico-drug-cartels_n_990419.html'>noticia original</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vxXY9KVwosqcmR5zzdHpWsDd0eQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vxXY9KVwosqcmR5zzdHpWsDd0eQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vxXY9KVwosqcmR5zzdHpWsDd0eQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vxXY9KVwosqcmR5zzdHpWsDd0eQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~4/rKV9IgLFG8Y" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.buzzflash.net/comments_rss2.php?id=1890804 http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1890804 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~3/jEKSPoqqlhc/story.php http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1890222 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 13:55:02 -0500 PoliticsPlus Progressive Issues banksters campaign 2012 videos http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1890222 <p>Greedy Banksters are afraid of Elizabeth Warren. The last thing they wan is for America to hear her clear voice of integrity echoing their crimes in the Senate chamber, so they and the Republican party are plotting together to prevent that from happening. Let’s examine this and why they are so afraid of her.</p><p><img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/votes_img.php?id=1890222" alt="votes" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/comments_img.php?id=1890222" alt="comments" /></p><p>&#187;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.politicsplus.org/blog/?p=6000'>noticia original</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CU2MOIeMftsLxnV4yoHbJVanweY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CU2MOIeMftsLxnV4yoHbJVanweY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CU2MOIeMftsLxnV4yoHbJVanweY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CU2MOIeMftsLxnV4yoHbJVanweY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~4/jEKSPoqqlhc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.buzzflash.net/comments_rss2.php?id=1890222 http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1890222 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~3/F20DAmF1YgQ/story.php http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1889084 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 10:35:31 -0500 Fiore Legal System/Rule of Law al-awlaki extrajudicial murder http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1889084 <p>Is this the world we want? Where the president of the United States can place an American citizen, or anyone else for that matter, living outside a war zone on a targeted assassination list, and then have him murdered by drone strike. This was the very result we at the Center for Constitutional Rights and the ACLU feared when we brought a case in US federal court on behalf of Anwar al-Awlaki's father, hoping to prevent this targeted killing. We lost the case on procedural grounds, but the judge considered the implications of the practice as raising &quot;serious questions&quot;, asking: &quot;Can the executive order the assassination of a US citizen without first affording him any form of judicial process whatsoever, based on the mere assertion that he is a dangerous member of a terrorist organisation?&quot; Yes, Anwar al-Awlaki was a radical Muslim cleric. Yes, his language and speeches were incendiary. He may even have engaged in plots against the United States – but we do not know that because he was never indicted for a crime.</p><p><img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/votes_img.php?id=1889084" alt="votes" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/comments_img.php?id=1889084" alt="comments" /></p><p>&#187;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/sep/30/anwar-awlaki-extrajudicial-murder'>noticia original</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dQTVF4bG_fod5faKryGiir3wsd4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dQTVF4bG_fod5faKryGiir3wsd4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dQTVF4bG_fod5faKryGiir3wsd4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/dQTVF4bG_fod5faKryGiir3wsd4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~4/F20DAmF1YgQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.buzzflash.net/comments_rss2.php?id=1889084 http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1889084 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~3/HvrxHeEyhfg/story.php http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888273 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 09:05:02 -0500 Justice4alltoday Progressive Issues occupy wall street protest nypd http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888273 <p>More than 1,000 demonstrators speaking out against corporate greed and social inequality have taken their protest to the New York Police Department headquarters. The Occupy Wall Street protesters camping out in lower Manhattan marched several blocks north Friday to police headquarters. They demonstrated there for about two hours against the police response to the downtown protest, which is in its second week. Critics have accused officers of being heavy-handed, saying they have roughed up people who did nothing wrong. The NYPD has disputed that claim. The protesters also say they're upset about reports from The Associated Press that an NYPD intelligence unit has sought to infiltrate the city's Muslim community. Friday's march was peaceful. Police say there were no arrests.</p><p><img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/votes_img.php?id=1888273" alt="votes" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/comments_img.php?id=1888273" alt="comments" /></p><p>&#187;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/30/national/main20114213.shtml'>noticia original</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Hn5rZICoSJlq_SpX-6zFudL9Om4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Hn5rZICoSJlq_SpX-6zFudL9Om4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Hn5rZICoSJlq_SpX-6zFudL9Om4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Hn5rZICoSJlq_SpX-6zFudL9Om4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~4/HvrxHeEyhfg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.buzzflash.net/comments_rss2.php?id=1888273 http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888273 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~3/xcQSOIZ5Vhk/story.php http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888294 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 07:30:24 -0500 Justice4alltoday Progressive Issues occupy boston protest banksters http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888294 <p>A group called Occupy Boston took over Dewey Square in Boston Friday night holding a 60s-style sit in. This is part of nationwide movement that began with a large protest on Wall Street. &quot;We're talking about government reform. We’re talking about finance reform,&quot; said Nadeem Mazen, from Occupy Boston. &quot;And we’re opening up a national dialogue as part of a really big issue that’s on so many people’s minds.&quot; A few blocks away a group called Take Back Boston lead hundreds of people marching from Boston Common to the Financial District. At 100 Federal Street, the protesters gathered at both entrances to the Bank of America building shouting &quot;We got sold out.&quot; The crowd included dozens of families facing foreclosure. &quot;The bank took over my property. Tried to evict everybody,&quot; said Mallerrie McCoy of Dorchester. &quot;They boarded up my windows. They changed our locks. I’m here to say I’m not going anywhere.&quot; Antonio Ennis is facing foreclosure on his Dorchester home. &quot;All we’re asking for is reduce the principal. It’s what’s right,&quot; Ennis said. &quot;They got bailed out by us. We need help now. &quot;</p><p><img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/votes_img.php?id=1888294" alt="votes" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/comments_img.php?id=1888294" alt="comments" /></p><p>&#187;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.thebostonchannel.com/mostpopular/29354287/detail.html'>noticia original</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2uNUGZPihcHIpYjBguBJK7hzzp4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2uNUGZPihcHIpYjBguBJK7hzzp4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2uNUGZPihcHIpYjBguBJK7hzzp4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2uNUGZPihcHIpYjBguBJK7hzzp4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~4/xcQSOIZ5Vhk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.buzzflash.net/comments_rss2.php?id=1888294 http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888294 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~3/ZpnfPgSa38c/story.php http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888831 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 06:05:03 -0500 protect_democracy Republicans koch mafia fraud corruption crime http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888831 <p>Based on the prebuttal items appearing this week in the Washington Examiner, the Daily Caller, and U.S. News and World Report, the Bloomberg story focuses on alleged malfeasance and/or fraud and/or bad behavior by the conglomerate Koch Industries. One of those episodes apparently involves bribery by a Koch subsidiary in France, according to the piece by Washington Examiner editorial page editor Mark Tapscott. He reports that “Bloomberg reporters have been trolling among former Koch employees overseas in search of disaffected voices willing to talk,” but Tapscott suspects the story may be animated by bias against the Tea Party. And he notes that, “Koch USA officials say they were as surprised and angered as anybody else when they were first apprised of the bribery allegations, and moved as quickly as possible to get to the bottom of the situation and fix it.”</p><p><img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/votes_img.php?id=1888831" alt="votes" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/comments_img.php?id=1888831" alt="comments" /></p><p>&#187;&nbsp;<a href='http://politics.salon.com/2011/09/29/kochs_bloomberg/singleton/'>noticia original</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sxLe5EhBeUQ-tHdNFvay_GUIUCs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sxLe5EhBeUQ-tHdNFvay_GUIUCs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sxLe5EhBeUQ-tHdNFvay_GUIUCs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sxLe5EhBeUQ-tHdNFvay_GUIUCs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~4/ZpnfPgSa38c" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.buzzflash.net/comments_rss2.php?id=1888831 http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888831 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~3/cWdJlsqPkvI/story.php http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888199 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 04:50:02 -0500 Justice4alltoday Abuse of Power/Corruption gop medicare medicaid health care http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888199 <p>Medicare is a thorn in the side of private health insurers. As long as Medicare exists, it would be pretty easy for the nation to expand the program to cover everyone. Instant socialized medicine. So, Medicare must die. So, how can the Republicans fulfill the dream of their SuperPac donors? How can they kill Medicare without leaving a vote trail that will haunt them in the 2012 general election? Easy. They can refuse to do anything about the so called “sustainable growth rate” cuts that will slash provider reimbursement by 25% starting January 2012. Obama has already indicated that he wants the cuts eliminated and supports a permanent repeal of the sustainable growth rate formula that helps determine physician pay, At the moment, it is a point of pride with House Republicans not to do anything that Obama wants. And, as December nears, and the House Republicans refuse to consider ways to save Medicare, the crisis within the medical community is only going to get worse. Since the health care industry is a huge employer in this country, significant lay offs will make unemployment rise and send the economy deeper into the toilet---which is just what the Tea Party is hoping for in advance of the 2012 elections.</p><p><img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/votes_img.php?id=1888199" alt="votes" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/comments_img.php?id=1888199" alt="comments" /></p><p>&#187;&nbsp;<a href='http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy%20Taylor/649'>noticia original</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N8H5MXW5MnZL2GM2AL_3JM-WVhM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N8H5MXW5MnZL2GM2AL_3JM-WVhM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N8H5MXW5MnZL2GM2AL_3JM-WVhM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N8H5MXW5MnZL2GM2AL_3JM-WVhM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~4/cWdJlsqPkvI" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.buzzflash.net/comments_rss2.php?id=1888199 http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888199 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~3/ry1uK_fhe_s/story.php http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888690 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 03:40:04 -0500 protect_democracy Right Wing alabama immigrants republican racism http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888690 <p>Civil rights and immigrant advocacy groups are already planning their appeals, but in the meantime, parents and educators are trying to sort out exactly how the law will play out in schools. “This will have an incredibly chilling effect on children and on parents,” says Mary Bauer, legal director of the Southern Poverty Law Center, one of the groups challenging the law in court. Coupled with other parts of the law, “it turns school officials and other government officials into, kind of, immigration agents, and that’s a terrible message for kids and families.” For example, parts of the law require government officials to report illegal immigrants, says Ms. Bauer, so “there’s a real risk that the law will be read to require schools to make reports of undocumented individuals,” she says.</p><p><img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/votes_img.php?id=1888690" alt="votes" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/comments_img.php?id=1888690" alt="comments" /></p><p>&#187;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2011/0930/Alabama-immigration-law-leaves-schools-gripped-by-uncertainty'>noticia original</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HyzmktE-3xvs-M6D1tdstxQqgxA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HyzmktE-3xvs-M6D1tdstxQqgxA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HyzmktE-3xvs-M6D1tdstxQqgxA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HyzmktE-3xvs-M6D1tdstxQqgxA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~4/ry1uK_fhe_s" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.buzzflash.net/comments_rss2.php?id=1888690 http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888690 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~3/P3uyZN_Bk54/story.php http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1889101 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 02:25:17 -0500 Fiore Legal System/Rule of Law al-awlaki imperial murder http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1889101 <p>It may well be true that with their words Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan &quot;inspired&quot; someone to commit, or attempt to commit, heinous deeds. So has the Bible. So have The Beatles. But to inspire is not to command. Again, no evidence and certainly no proof has been offered that al-Awlaki or Khan ordered anyone to do anything, or that they were in any &quot;operational&quot; role to do so. (Unlike, say, the Nobel Peace Laureate who holds the top &quot;operational&quot; role in the American war machine, which has killed vastly more innocent people than even the most inspired terrorist groups.) If such proof existed that al-Awlaki or Khan played such a role, they easily could have been charged. But they were not charged -- and were never going to be charged -- with any crime that would have brought their cases into the judicial system. The whole point of these high-profile murders was to establish, yet again, the &quot;right&quot; -- and the power -- of the U.S. president to kill anyone on earth, including American citizens, at his arbitrary command.</p><p><img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/votes_img.php?id=1889101" alt="votes" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/comments_img.php?id=1889101" alt="comments" /></p><p>&#187;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.chris-floyd.com/component/content/article/1-latest-news/2169-absence-of-evidence-the-progressive-policy-of-imperial-murder.html'>noticia original</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S29rLc1UWL9g83_EXY8aOShlfQc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S29rLc1UWL9g83_EXY8aOShlfQc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S29rLc1UWL9g83_EXY8aOShlfQc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S29rLc1UWL9g83_EXY8aOShlfQc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~4/P3uyZN_Bk54" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.buzzflash.net/comments_rss2.php?id=1889101 http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1889101 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~3/ih9fC-zoh-k/story.php http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1889169 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:45:03 -0500 protect_democracy Business and Economy corporatism poverty fascism gop http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1889169 <p>But even beyond the taxes-and-deficits debate, in which wealthy Americans have been routinely characterized as yacht owners and corporate-jet fliers, the rich have indeed suffered a few blows to their self-esteem. Last year’s film “The Social Network” was unflattering to exemplars of both new and old wealth, and now two new television series are being hyped by some in the media as incitements to class warfare. In “2 Broke Girls,” a couple of young women struggle to survive — not as runway models or high-maintenance housewives but, shockingly enough, as waitresses. And Time magazine titillatingly describes ABC’s “Revenge,” set in the Hamptons, as “a target-rich environment of polo players and stock traders” in which a young woman stalks the singularly overprivileged people who, years earlier, ruined her father. No less a social commentator than “Revenge” star Madeleine Stowe has observed that “we’re dealing in a particular time right now in American history where I think the average American is going to want to see a takedown of the rich.”,</p><p><img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/votes_img.php?id=1889169" alt="votes" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/comments_img.php?id=1889169" alt="comments" /></p><p>&#187;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/rich-people-demonized-for-flaunting-their-wealth-are-under-attack/2011/09/28/gIQAcJn4AL_story.html'>noticia original</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/06WhfUZqJX2lZspQbkKoJwKmz24/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/06WhfUZqJX2lZspQbkKoJwKmz24/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/06WhfUZqJX2lZspQbkKoJwKmz24/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/06WhfUZqJX2lZspQbkKoJwKmz24/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~4/ih9fC-zoh-k" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.buzzflash.net/comments_rss2.php?id=1889169 http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1889169 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~3/--Uq28FwcbA/story.php http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1889325 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 23:20:27 -0500 Justice4alltoday Progressive Issues occupy wall street protest banksters http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1889325 <p>Former White House adviser Van Jones says that progressives are going to launch an &quot;October offensive&quot; to rival the Tea Party, in the spirit of the Arab Spring protests across the Middle East. &quot;Everybody should hold onto their seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back. You can see it coming,&quot; Jones said on MSNBC's &quot;The Last Word&quot; with Lawrence O'Donnell. &quot;You are going to see an American Fall, an American Autumn, just like we saw the Arab Spring,&quot; Jones continued. &quot;You can see it right now with these young people on Wall Street. Hold onto your hats, we're going to have an October offensive to take back the American dream and to rescue America's middle class.&quot;</p><p><img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/votes_img.php?id=1889325" alt="votes" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/comments_img.php?id=1889325" alt="comments" /></p><p>&#187;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/01/van-jones-occupy-wall-street-rebuild-the-dream_n_990463.html'>noticia original</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ErbRmdpMPu0FgpzCr9Eo7NJ6TU4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ErbRmdpMPu0FgpzCr9Eo7NJ6TU4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ErbRmdpMPu0FgpzCr9Eo7NJ6TU4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ErbRmdpMPu0FgpzCr9Eo7NJ6TU4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~4/--Uq28FwcbA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.buzzflash.net/comments_rss2.php?id=1889325 http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1889325 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~3/ApRYvrviXuw/story.php http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1889295 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 22:17:51 -0500 Justice4alltoday Progressive Issues occupy brooklyn protest banksters http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1889295 <p>Protesters from Occupy Wall Street have marched down to the Brooklyn Bridge, and hundreds of people have begun to stream into traffic lanes, completely stopping traffic on the bridge. According to NY Times reporter Brian Stelter on the scene, &quot;Scratch that: a LARGE # of protesters are in lanes of traffic. Traffic out of Manhattan is now completely stopped.&quot; Gawker's Adrian Chen, who is also down there, wrote, &quot;Shit, they're shutting down the Brooklyn Bridge,&quot; and also tweeted a picture of the Brooklyn-bound lane completely blocked. We'll update as we hear more about what's going on by the bridge. Update 4:26 p.m.: Police have arrived on the scene and have started arresting protesters en masse: &quot;Police going to make mass arrest on Brooklyn bridge,&quot; tweeted Jeff Rae. According to @jopauca, &quot;Two white shirts just beat someone. Someone has video.&quot; There are also reports that police have blockaded both sides of the bridge now and taken out the nets. You can watch at <a href="http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution" rel="nofollow">http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution</a>.</p><p><img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/votes_img.php?id=1889295" alt="votes" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/comments_img.php?id=1889295" alt="comments" /></p><p>&#187;&nbsp;<a href='http://gothamist.com/2011/10/01/breaking_occupy_wall_street_protest.php'>noticia original</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7ZEoWw1TRjgonBGV3hV7TJrmBaA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7ZEoWw1TRjgonBGV3hV7TJrmBaA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7ZEoWw1TRjgonBGV3hV7TJrmBaA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7ZEoWw1TRjgonBGV3hV7TJrmBaA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~4/ApRYvrviXuw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.buzzflash.net/comments_rss2.php?id=1889295 http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1889295 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~3/akYDA7etS3U/story.php http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888887 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 21:16:55 -0500 Justice4alltoday Progressive Issues occupy maine protest banksters http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888887 <p>The &quot;Occupy Wall Street&quot; protests have spread to cities across America. Beyond the main demonstration around Wall Street in New York City, rallies against the über-rich have occurred in large cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago. In New England, &quot;Occupy Wall Street&quot;-styled protests are scheduled for today in Burlington, Providence and Hartford. In Boston, there was a &quot;Take Back Boston&quot; demonstration yesterday and another event is planned for this afternoon. In Maine, activists are meeting right now (event is from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.) in Portland's Monument Square.</p><p><img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/votes_img.php?id=1888887" alt="votes" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/comments_img.php?id=1888887" alt="comments" /></p><p>&#187;&nbsp;<a href='http://exceptionmag.com/vocations/advocacy/0002243/occupy-maine-rally-coinciding-nationwide-protests'>noticia original</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Y0cDtG9-CKKbk8nhXsU5NjTooDA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Y0cDtG9-CKKbk8nhXsU5NjTooDA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Y0cDtG9-CKKbk8nhXsU5NjTooDA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Y0cDtG9-CKKbk8nhXsU5NjTooDA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~4/akYDA7etS3U" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.buzzflash.net/comments_rss2.php?id=1888887 http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888887 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~3/ep1aOW2tKQo/story.php http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888592 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 19:55:02 -0500 Justice4alltoday Abuse of Power/Corruption corporations plunder worker pensions http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888592 <p>&quot;Retirement Heist&quot; explains what really happened to the retirement benefits of millions of Americans at thousands of companies. The &quot;crisis&quot; was no demographic accident. It was manufactured by an alliance of two groups: top executives and their facilitators in the retirement industry—benefits consultants, insurance companies, and banks—all of whom played a huge and hidden role in the death spiral of American pensions and benefits. Yet, unlike the banking industry, which was rightly blamed for the subprime mortgage crisis, the masterminds responsible for the retirement crisis have walked away blame-free. And, unlike the pension raiders of the 1980s, who killed pensions to extract the surplus assets, they face no censure. If anything they are viewed as beleaguered captains valiantly trying to keep their overloaded ships from being sunk in a perfect storm. In reality, they’re the silent pirates who looted the ships and left them to sink, along with the retirees, as they sailed away safely in their lifeboats.</p><p><img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/votes_img.php?id=1888592" alt="votes" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/comments_img.php?id=1888592" alt="comments" /></p><p>&#187;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.alternet.org/books/152549/how_companies_plunder_and_profit_from_the_nest_eggs_of_american_workers/'>noticia original</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UDwQuWNYotnLw_72ZGkLfS_lC4c/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UDwQuWNYotnLw_72ZGkLfS_lC4c/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UDwQuWNYotnLw_72ZGkLfS_lC4c/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UDwQuWNYotnLw_72ZGkLfS_lC4c/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~4/ep1aOW2tKQo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.buzzflash.net/comments_rss2.php?id=1888592 http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888592 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~3/x3NcYZ2TGUY/story.php http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888107 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 18:35:32 -0500 Justice4alltoday Legal System/Rule of Law banksters mortgage probe california ag http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888107 <p>California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris will no longer take part in a national foreclosure probe of some of the nation's biggest banks, which are accused of pervasive misconduct in dealing with troubled homeowners. Harris removed herself from talks by a coalition of state attorneys general and federal agencies investigating abusive foreclosure practices because the nation's five largest mortgage servicers were not offering California homeowners relief commensurate to what people in the state had suffered, Harris told The LA Times on Friday. The big banks were also demanding to be granted overly broad immunity from legal claims that could potentially derail further investigations into Wall Street's role in the mortgage meltdown, Harris said. “It has been a process of negotiating and sitting at a table in good faith, but ultimately I have decided that we have to go our own course and take an independent path. And that decision is because we need to bring relief to Californians that is equal to the pain California experienced, and what is being negotiated now is insufficient,&quot; Harris told The Times in an interview.</p><p><img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/votes_img.php?id=1888107" alt="votes" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/comments_img.php?id=1888107" alt="comments" /></p><p>&#187;&nbsp;<a href='http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2011/09/california-atty-gen-kamala-harris-breaks-from-national-foreclosure-probe.html'>noticia original</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/St1m-KbiyiAIquZ-lqn5bxzl52o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/St1m-KbiyiAIquZ-lqn5bxzl52o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/St1m-KbiyiAIquZ-lqn5bxzl52o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/St1m-KbiyiAIquZ-lqn5bxzl52o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~4/x3NcYZ2TGUY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.buzzflash.net/comments_rss2.php?id=1888107 http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888107 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~3/0J_vOOwK-zA/story.php http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888535 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:20:02 -0500 zelator Right Wing homophobia right wing religion http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888535 <p>&quot;In socially conservative circles, sex is seen as illicit behavior at best, and criminally perverse at worst. The liberal model that imagines sex as a fun, life-affirming way to spend your time simply doesn’t compute. When you think of sex in terms of subversion and criminality, gay sex looms large in your imagination as the filthiest, most sexy-sex there is. Social conservatives simply can’t get past the images in their minds of dudes sticking it to one another, and it completely skews their ability to think logically and fairly about extending basic human rights to gay people.&quot;</p><p><img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/votes_img.php?id=1888535" alt="votes" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/comments_img.php?id=1888535" alt="comments" /></p><p>&#187;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.alternet.org/sex/152577/why_are_religious_conservatives_so_scared_of_gay_sex/'>noticia original</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AY6ob6B3ga8SGK0hBc75a-6IPg8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AY6ob6B3ga8SGK0hBc75a-6IPg8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AY6ob6B3ga8SGK0hBc75a-6IPg8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AY6ob6B3ga8SGK0hBc75a-6IPg8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~4/0J_vOOwK-zA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.buzzflash.net/comments_rss2.php?id=1888535 http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888535 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~3/VUZ1d2PA7vM/story.php http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888884 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:19:13 -0500 Hillbilly Democratic Party wall street #occupywallstreet http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888884 <p>So we have Bank of America CEO Brian T. Moynihan making $1,940,069 a year and handing out $4.4 billion in bonuses to their employees and they want to pay for that extravagance by charging folks $5.00 a month for using their debit card? Are these folks really this out of touch with the American people? Or are they just arrogant jerks?</p><p><img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/votes_img.php?id=1888884" alt="votes" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/comments_img.php?id=1888884" alt="comments" /></p><p>&#187;&nbsp;<a href='http://hillbillyreport.org/diary/3381/bank-of-america-needs-debit-card-money-ceo-brian-t-moynihan-only-made-1940069-last-year'>noticia original</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bpLLAnIiJ73Kpgjxeeu_rgiOJFc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bpLLAnIiJ73Kpgjxeeu_rgiOJFc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bpLLAnIiJ73Kpgjxeeu_rgiOJFc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bpLLAnIiJ73Kpgjxeeu_rgiOJFc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~4/VUZ1d2PA7vM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.buzzflash.net/comments_rss2.php?id=1888884 http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888884 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~3/lQ87vP5xRro/story.php http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888723 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 15:13:21 -0500 protect_democracy Republicans military religious reich fascism http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888723 <p>So, which is it? Was the memorandum only intended for Vandenberg Air Force Base, the base where the &quot;Jesus Loves Nukes&quot; nuclear missile training was exposed, as Lt. Col. Bryan also told the Independent, or did it also apply to the Air Force Academy. Well, that's not hard question to answer, and Lt. Col. Bryan, as spokesman for the Academy, should have had no problem figuring this out. Besides the obvious -- why would the Chief of Staff send a memorandum to all bases if it was only meant to apply to one particular base -- the memorandum was very clearly addressed in big capital letters right at the top to &quot;ALMAJCOM-FOA-DRU/CC.&quot; That string of acronyms means all Major Commands and every Field Operating Agency and Direct Reporting Unit, as Lt.. Col. Bryan would know. What is the Air Force Academy? Well, it's a Direct Reporting Unit, as Lt. Col. Bryan would also know. Yet he is now trying to get away with saying that the memorandum didn't apply to the Academy!</p><p><img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/votes_img.php?id=1888723" alt="votes" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/comments_img.php?id=1888723" alt="comments" /></p><p>&#187;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.talk2action.org/story/2011/9/30/124453/145/Front_Page/Air_Force_Academy_Was_Against_Chief_Of_Staff_s_Religious_Neutrality_Edict_Before_It_Was_For_It'>noticia original</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/50AxG5fUetekJOlHQ0P5wRdcvko/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/50AxG5fUetekJOlHQ0P5wRdcvko/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/50AxG5fUetekJOlHQ0P5wRdcvko/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/50AxG5fUetekJOlHQ0P5wRdcvko/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~4/lQ87vP5xRro" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.buzzflash.net/comments_rss2.php?id=1888723 http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888723 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~3/PxUb3OMFLsQ/story.php http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888808 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:23:04 -0500 Justice4alltoday Progressive Issues occupy wall street protest unions labor us http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888808 <p>AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, the most prominent US labor leader, was asked about the Occupy Wall Street protests this week and offered these encouraging words to the movement: &quot;I think it's a tactic and a valid tactic to call attention to a problem. Wall Street is out of control. We have three imbalances in this country -- the imbalance between imports and exports, the imbalance between employer power and working power, and the imbalance between the real economy and the financial economy. We need to bring back balance to the financial economy, and calling attention to it and peacefully protesting is a very legitimate way of doing it.&quot; Hailing the power of street protests to shift the dialogue, Trumka said, &quot;I think being in the streets and calling attention to issues is sometimes the only recourse you have because, God only knows, you can go to the Hill, and you can talk to a lot of people and see nothing ever happen...&quot; Trumka is not by himself able to offer the formal endorsement of the AFL-CIO, which is a federation of unions, each of which has a voice in decisions like that; accordingly, he doesn't offer that in these comments. However, he is the most prominent labor leader in the country, and with a number of unions planning to join in with some Occupy Wall Street activities, Trumka's public affirmation of both the target of Wall Street and the tactic of street protest is another step in the connections growing between the protesters and the union movement.</p><p><img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/votes_img.php?id=1888808" alt="votes" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/comments_img.php?id=1888808" alt="comments" /></p><p>&#187;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/09/30/1021633/-AFL-CIOs-Pres-Trumka-speaks-out-on-Occupy-Wall-Street'>noticia original</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YjW09LL0C-PovFnB_FLDyLX5uAs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YjW09LL0C-PovFnB_FLDyLX5uAs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YjW09LL0C-PovFnB_FLDyLX5uAs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/YjW09LL0C-PovFnB_FLDyLX5uAs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~4/PxUb3OMFLsQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.buzzflash.net/comments_rss2.php?id=1888808 http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888808 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~3/WZYTtnS7MGc/story.php http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888683 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:22:17 -0500 Justice4alltoday Abuse of Power/Corruption gitmo interrogation innocent teenager http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888683 <p>Canadian citizen Omar Khadr was 15 years old when he was found, badly injured and barely alive, after a 2002 firefight between U.S. troops and Taliban forces in Afghanistan. (Khadr’s father, an al-Qaida supporter and fundraiser, had apparently dropped him off at a Taliban compound a few weeks earlier.) Based on what we see in the painful, revealing documentary “You Don’t Like the Truth: 4 Days Inside Guantánamo” — the first film to show actual interrogation footage from inside the secret American military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba (<a href="http://www.filmforum.org/films/guantanamotrailer.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.filmforum.org/films/guantanamotrailer.html</a>) — Khadr became a sort of ritual sacrifice by the Canadian government, an offering to its American allies and/or overlords. His case became a hot political issue north of the border, where Canadians pride themselves on a society that is more egalitarian, and more civilized, than that of their American neighbors. What shocks is what Khadr tells his interrogators, after realizing they don’t want to hear his allegations that he was tortured by American forces, and that all his supposed confessions about knowing Osama bin Laden and attending al-Qaida barbecues were made up on the spot, to stop the pain.</p><p><img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/votes_img.php?id=1888683" alt="votes" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/comments_img.php?id=1888683" alt="comments" /></p><p>&#187;&nbsp;<a href='http://entertainment.salon.com/2011/09/30/you_dont_like_truth/'>noticia original</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UpMpYCu5_MPw5TYYMwOFY8fkUkk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UpMpYCu5_MPw5TYYMwOFY8fkUkk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UpMpYCu5_MPw5TYYMwOFY8fkUkk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UpMpYCu5_MPw5TYYMwOFY8fkUkk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~4/WZYTtnS7MGc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.buzzflash.net/comments_rss2.php?id=1888683 http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888683 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~3/GEz4fCECKgU/story.php http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888732 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 13:40:02 -0500 protect_democracy Environment climate change drought http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888732 <p>From the mountainous Southwest deep into Texas, wildfires raced across parched landscapes this summer, burning millions more acres. In Colorado, at least 15 percent of that state’s spectacular aspen forests have gone into decline because of a lack of water. The devastation extends worldwide. The great euphorbia trees of southern Africa are succumbing to heat and water stress. So are the Atlas cedars of northern Algeria. Fires fed by hot, dry weather are killing enormous stretches of Siberian forest. Eucalyptus trees are succumbing on a large scale to a heat blast in Australia, and the Amazon recently suffered two “once a century” droughts just five years apart, killing many large trees.</p><p><img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/votes_img.php?id=1888732" alt="votes" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/comments_img.php?id=1888732" alt="comments" /></p><p>&#187;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/science/earth/01forest.html?_r=1&amp;nl=todaysheadlines&amp;emc=tha2'>noticia original</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Myko26HUlULygECcTUvJOk9stdg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Myko26HUlULygECcTUvJOk9stdg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Myko26HUlULygECcTUvJOk9stdg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Myko26HUlULygECcTUvJOk9stdg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~4/GEz4fCECKgU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.buzzflash.net/comments_rss2.php?id=1888732 http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888732 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~3/BDl1lZRr19M/story.php http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888623 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 13:17:47 -0500 PHred42 Barack Obama neocon agenda fascism obama http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888623 <p>He may prove the most disastrous president in our history in terms of civil liberties.</p><p><img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/votes_img.php?id=1888623" alt="votes" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/comments_img.php?id=1888623" alt="comments" /></p><p>&#187;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-turley-civil-liberties-20110929,0,7542436.story'>noticia original</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bOph6EqInFoqHqKmxNHWkrGVPCA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bOph6EqInFoqHqKmxNHWkrGVPCA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bOph6EqInFoqHqKmxNHWkrGVPCA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bOph6EqInFoqHqKmxNHWkrGVPCA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~4/BDl1lZRr19M" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.buzzflash.net/comments_rss2.php?id=1888623 http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888623 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~3/u78A216DwTQ/story.php http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888473 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 12:10:17 -0500 PHred42 Right Wing fascism right wing agenda perry http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888473 <p>Ian Fletcher :=: Disappointment is a bipartisan game. Most conservatives realized by the end of George W. Bush’s term that he was a political faker. Sure, he put on a nice conservative act, but his record in office –on spending, immigration, and other issues dear to the conservative heart—made clear that he was really a water boy for multinational corporate interests that care little for the United States. As Jefferson observed, “Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.” But that cowboy hat vaudeville act was so successful in gulling the Republican electorate that the corporate-dominated Republican establishment seems to have decided to give it another try. They don’t seem to have quite settled on Rick Perry yet, and indeed there are reports they have serious reservations, but he’s definitely been auditioning.</p><p><img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/votes_img.php?id=1888473" alt="votes" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/comments_img.php?id=1888473" alt="comments" /></p><p>&#187;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.onepennysheet.com./2011/10/rick-perry-conservative-or-corporatist/'>noticia original</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/McnffnB0SKEkGd1JLj2VTAQV_K0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/McnffnB0SKEkGd1JLj2VTAQV_K0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/McnffnB0SKEkGd1JLj2VTAQV_K0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/McnffnB0SKEkGd1JLj2VTAQV_K0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~4/u78A216DwTQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.buzzflash.net/comments_rss2.php?id=1888473 http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888473 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~3/-92NWfni4dE/story.php http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888713 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 11:17:12 -0500 Justice4alltoday Progressive Issues rumsfeld war criminal torturer arrest http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888713 <p>On Monday, September 26, three members of Veterans For Peace and a member of Code Pink confronted Donald Rumsfeld at a Boston stop of his book tour. I attempted to make a citizen's arrest. Police hustled all four of us out as a right wing crowd jeered. Rumsfeld, George Bush, Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice and the rest of this crew are war criminals, according to international law. They lied about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. They lied about Saddam Hussein being linked to 9/11. They lied about mobile weapons labs, yellowcake from Niger, how painless a war would be and countless other things. They instigated a program of torture in Guantánamo, Bagram and who knows how many other black sites. These lies were used as a pretext for initiating a war of aggression against a sovereign nation – an international war crime. War criminals such as these need to be confronted at every opportunity.</p><p><img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/votes_img.php?id=1888713" alt="votes" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/comments_img.php?id=1888713" alt="comments" /></p><p>&#187;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/sep/30/donald-rumsfeld-citizens-arrest'>noticia original</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rYoYc4MZtcXC8H9NDq4sYJtnqLE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rYoYc4MZtcXC8H9NDq4sYJtnqLE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rYoYc4MZtcXC8H9NDq4sYJtnqLE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rYoYc4MZtcXC8H9NDq4sYJtnqLE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~4/-92NWfni4dE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.buzzflash.net/comments_rss2.php?id=1888713 http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1888713 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~3/d-HCfZcOL94/story.php http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1886532 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 10:22:29 -0500 omnipotentpoobah Miscellaneous haley perdue super committee http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1886532 <p>Who says bipartisanship is dead? Clearly there are dumb asses on both sides of the aisle.</p><p><img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/votes_img.php?id=1886532" alt="votes" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/comments_img.php?id=1886532" alt="comments" /></p><p>&#187;&nbsp;<a href='http://omnipotentpoobah.com/2011/09/30/bipartisan-pootie-heads/'>noticia original</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LpU1Ec86EQtG_NClizHwnDGt-Eo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LpU1Ec86EQtG_NClizHwnDGt-Eo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LpU1Ec86EQtG_NClizHwnDGt-Eo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LpU1Ec86EQtG_NClizHwnDGt-Eo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~4/d-HCfZcOL94" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.buzzflash.net/comments_rss2.php?id=1886532 http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1886532 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~3/Ix-rFJalEOA/story.php http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1883582 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 08:45:03 -0500 Fiore The World usa pakistan http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1883582 <p>The US is losing the war in Afghanistan just like all previous invaders have. It has lost wars in the past that it started with intentions of stamping its illegitimate hegemony on various regions. In the process, it destabilised the world causing untold mayhem and impoverished millions of people who are still struggling to cope. Since the initiation of wars by the US has been part of a jaundiced but unchanging strategy of cultivating strife to keep its arms industry going and to physically occupy all sources of energy, there has been no let up in its scope or intensity, and there will not be any. Region after region has been mercilessly subjected to US brutality.</p><p><img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/votes_img.php?id=1883582" alt="votes" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/comments_img.php?id=1883582" alt="comments" /></p><p>&#187;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=69976&amp;Cat=9#;'>noticia original</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hKKa_AilklzNAmY14Fy8GMmRtLw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hKKa_AilklzNAmY14Fy8GMmRtLw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hKKa_AilklzNAmY14Fy8GMmRtLw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hKKa_AilklzNAmY14Fy8GMmRtLw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~4/Ix-rFJalEOA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.buzzflash.net/comments_rss2.php?id=1883582 http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1883582 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~3/Ddu0nQi_A3Q/story.php http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1885650 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 07:10:02 -0500 tdreyer Right Wing religion right wing dominionism perry http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1885650 <p>Retired history prof Don Swift continues his Rag Blog series on the theocratic Christian movement known as Dominionism with a discussion of its &quot;most vigorous branch,&quot; the New Apostolic Reformation, and its connections to Texas Gov. Rick Perry. &quot;Two years ago,&quot; Swift reports, NAR ministers told Perry that Texas had been &quot;anointed by God to bring America to Godly rule.&quot;</p><p><img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/votes_img.php?id=1885650" alt="votes" />&nbsp;<img src="http://www.buzzflash.net/backend/comments_img.php?id=1885650" alt="comments" /></p><p>&#187;&nbsp;<a href='http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/don-swift-rick-perry-and-new-apostolic.html'>noticia original</a></p> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x0VgJlUXTwxEaRd-UMIvvL4okYA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x0VgJlUXTwxEaRd-UMIvvL4okYA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x0VgJlUXTwxEaRd-UMIvvL4okYA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x0VgJlUXTwxEaRd-UMIvvL4okYA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BuzzUpGoodNews/~4/Ddu0nQi_A3Q" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.buzzflash.net/comments_rss2.php?id=1885650 http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1885650