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Thursday, October 8th, 2009

The Story of My 'Socialist Kidney'

By Jennifer Nix, AlterNet
Health and Wellness: If a public option works for one disease, there's no reason why Americans shouldn't enjoy the same level of care for all of them.

Republican Gomorrah: The Shattered GOP, Taken Over by Authoritarian Radicals, Is Incapable of Compromise

By Max Blumenthal, Fresh Air - NPR
Politics: Max Blumenthal, author of Republican Gomorrah, argues the right is incapable of anything but scorched-earth politics, and are trying to delegitimize the Obama presidency.

8 Shocking Ways the Billionaires Have Schemed to Rob Us of Every Last $

By Mark Ames, eXiled Online
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: American billionaires keep cooking up scheme after scheme to shake down Americans and plunder the national wealth, as if the last one was too easy and boring.

Everything Is Bright and Sunny Again, Unless You Have to Work for a Living

By Dean Baker, AlterNet
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: So far we've seen economic recovery for the few, while the many live in continued pain.

A Solution For Diabetes: A Vegan Diet

By Kathy Freston, AlterNet
Health and Wellness: More Doctors and nutritional scientists are saying that a diet high meat is disastrous to our health, while a plant-based (vegan) diet prevents disease and is restorative to it.

Bare Naked ... Not So Young ... Ladies

By Vanessa Richmond, The Tyee
Media and Technology: What does it say when aging superstar models keep trying to emulate their far younger "sisters?"

Eight Years Is Long Enough: What You Can Do to End the War in Afghanistan

By Peter Rothberg, The Nation
World: Antiwar activists are reallocating their attention from Iraq towards Afghanistan, organizing protests and demonstrations for the coming weeks.

Senate Climate Bill Revealed: A Quick Guide

By Brian Merchant, TreeHugger
Environment: Here's a first look at its pros and cons, how it's different from the climate bill that passed the House, and what to expect next.

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Racially Exclusive Suburbs Across U.S. Dubbed the New 'Whitopia'

By Lewis Beale, Miller-McCune.com
Politics: Some of the fastest-growing areas in America are also the most Caucasian -- author Rich Benjamin's new book explores the new establishment of white ghettos.

Secret Plan to Ditch the U.S. Dollar's Dominance Uncovered

By Robert Fisk, Independent UK
World: Arab states have launched a secret plan with China, Russia and France to stop using the US currency for oil trading.

The Economic Revolution Is Already Happening -- It's Just Not on Wall St.

By Maria Armoudian, AlterNet
Rights and Liberties: Thousands of alternatives to the punishing corporate model have sprouted up across the US, building up an alternative economy as Wall St. crumbles.

Conservative Bible Project Aims to Delete 'Liberal Bias' from the Bible

By Daniel Tencer, Raw Story
Rights and Liberties: "Liberal bias has become the single biggest distortion in modern Bible translations," its website asserts.

Taibbi: Michael Moore Wants Us to Go Kick Ass

By Matt Taibbi, True/Slant
PEEK: If we got up off our chairs and went after the villains that Moore attacks in his latest documentary, everyone would be better off.

Why It's a Good Idea for the Well-Off to Share Their Health Care with the Rest of Us

By Ann Neumann, AlterNet
Politics: Nearly half of Americans have little access to health care, while the rest are overmedicated, overtested or kept alive against their wishes. Could rationing be the answer?

Pig and Turkey Farming in the Inner City: One Woman's Amazing Adventures in Taking Urban Farming Beyond the Garden Plot

By Twilight Greenaway, Culinate
Environment: Dumpster diving for her hungry pigs is only one of the many hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking adventures Novella Carpenter experienced in taking urban farming to a new level.

We Interact with 100,000+ Chemicals, and the Dangers Are Barely Understood

By Monona Rossol, AlterNet
Health and Wellness: Our regulatory system works according to a 'guilty until proven innocent' logic, where new chemicals are available and safe, until the day we realize they aren't.

How I Caught Obama's Team Trapping Themselves into a Corner on Their Afghanistan Spin

By David Corn, MotherJones.com
World: The White House Press Corps jumped on Robert Gibbs when they saw the glaring contradiction of demanding a corruption free government and not withdrawing from Afghanistan.

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Betsy 'Death Panels' McCaughey Made to Look Ridiculous by Progressive Stalwart in Key Health Care Debate

By Linda Hirshman, AlterNet
Politics: Debate with Rep. Anthony Weiner lays bare why nobody is buying Betsy McCaughey's whoppers and fearmongering over health care reform.

The Human Cost of War: The Images the Corporate Media Doesn't Want You to See

By Liliana Segura, AlterNet
World: Robert Greenwald's Rethink Afghanistan brings you jarring images of civilian suffering. Not surprisingly, the NY Times isn't on board.

The Fight for the Public Option Hits Home Stretch -- Is Obama Hiding?

By Adele Stan, AlterNet
Politics: Pressure from progressives led the White House back to the public option. But will it be in name only?

Has Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Created Titillating TV Fascism in Italy?

By Nina Burleigh, AlterNet
World: An interview with Erik Gandini, director of the documentary Videocracy, an account of how Berlusconi's sex-obsessed media empire has shaped the country over the past 30 years.

Greenwald Film on Afghanistan Destroys the Logic of the War, Leading the New York Times to Whine

By Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports
World: The "paper of record" also complains that Robert Greenwald's film has no 'sympathy' for pro-war views.

What Recession? As the Economy Crashed Around Them, 400 Richest Americans Lined Their Pockets with $30 Billion

By Les Leopold, AlterNet
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Their combined wealth is more than enough to insure the uninsured for the next twenty years or more.

Conservative Majority in Supreme Court Threatens Our Politics and Most Basic Freedoms

Think Progress Rights and Liberties: The conservative majority has immediately begun stripping women's reproductive freedom, entrenching public school segregation, and undermining equal work pay.

Celebrating Slaughter: How War Memorials Help Us Forget the Horrors of Violence

By Chris Hedges, Truthdig
World: War memorials and museums sanitize the instruments of death that turn young soldiers into killers, and small villages in Vietnam or Afghanistan into hellish bonfires.

Pot Crusader Marc Emery Jailed in Canada Pending Extradition to US

By Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle
DrugReporter: Emery is in jail in Vancouver, awaiting extradition to the US to accept a five-year plea bargain for selling marijuana seeds to US customers.

The Rise of the Student Sex Columnist Movement

By Alex DiBranco, The Nation
Sex and Relationships: The explosion of student sex columns represents a campus movement possessed of the same subversive potential that fueled 1960s student activism.

Monday, October 5th, 2009

We've Given Trillions to the Super Rich -- There Are Many Better Uses for Your Money

By Matt Bivens, Tomdispatch.com
For all the public money we give rich people, we can cure millions around the world of horrifying diseases.

5 Crazy Right-Wing Freak-Outs in Just One Glorious Week

By Brad Reed, AlterNet
Politics: A hilarious look at conservative thought in the Obama era.

Jesus Is Their Health Care: Why Conservative Christians Oppose Real Reform

By Angelia Wilson, Comment Is Free
Health and Wellness: Christian conservatives support health care co-operatives -- but only for other Christians. Sounds like something Jesus would approve of.

Americans Are Jobless and Scared -- The Government Must Spend More to Kickstart Our Economy

By Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: The federal government should be spending even more than it already is. This is the only way to put Americans back to work. We did it during the Depression. It was called the WPA.

Michele Bachmann Lobbies for Christian Punk Ministry Bent on Forcing Christ in Public Schools

By Andy Birkey, RH Reality Check
The Christian punk rock band organizes motivational student assemblies to bring conservative Christian dogma to public schools. Separation of church and state, anyone?

How an Innocent Man Was Tortured Into Making False Confessions

By Andy Worthington, CounterPunch
Like torture victims groomed for show trials throughout the centuries, Fouad al-Rabiah made up false stories under torture in the hopes of one day leaving Guantanamo.

Why Is the Military Infringing on Obama's Decison-Making Turf?

By David Sirota, AlterNet
The debate over Afghanistan sharpens that question about who "the deciders" should be -- elected officials or the military?

Lysol-Scented Vaginas: The Strange History of Douching

By Cherry Trifle, SeXis Magazine
Sex and Relationships: Thanks to a media marketing machine bent on making money by making women feel bad, women used to pour Lysol in their vaginas. Some still douche. But why?

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

What If Being Fat Is Not Your Fault? America's Obesity Epidemic May Be Fueled by Chemicals in Everyday Products

By Tara Lohan, AlterNet
Health and Wellness: Chemicals called 'obesogens' are in our food, cars and homes, according to recent scientific studies -- and they may be making us fat.

Do You Want the Right to Kill Yourself? Renegade Doctor Offers Controversial 'Death Kit'

By Liliana Segura, AlterNet
Rights and Liberties: Dr. Philip Nitschke has caused uproar from Australia to the UK over his unapologetic pro-suicide philosophy -- and now he's bringing his cause to the States.

Is Soy the Ticket to Good Health or Infertility? Here's the Scoop

By Sarah Irani, EcoSalon
Health and Wellness: Some tout soy products as a panacea for health and wellness, while others swear that soy is a sure ticket to infertility and "man boobs." What are the facts?

We Are All Roman Polanski's Victims, And We All Deserve Justice

By Jaclyn Friedman, AlterNet
Rights and Liberties: When a rapist, no matter how gifted or famous, is allowed to escape justice, we're all harmed.

What's Really Behind Conservative Pundit George Will's Call for Total Withdrawal From Afghanistan?

By Byard Duncan, AlterNet
World: Neocons went into a froth of anger over Will's open call for an end to the war in Afghanistan -- which is exactly what he was hoping for.

Here's the Skinny on Why Wal-Mart Is So Evil (and Has Made Such a Killing)

By David Moberg, In These Times
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Wal-Mart's origins in the Ozarks created a patriarchal and religiously-tinged corporate culture that dominated the American marketplace.

A Millionaire with a Super Yacht Is a Larger Strain on Resources Than Hundreds of Peasant Families

By George Monbiot, Monbiot.com
Environment: It's time we had the guts to name the problem. It isn't population; it's consumption. It's not sex; it's money. It's not the poor; it's the rich.

The Time for GOP Shenanigans on Health Care Is Over, Now It's Up to the Dems -- Will They Deliver a Public Option?

By Kos, Daily Kos
PEEK: Will it be a robust public option, or some piece of crap? Time will tell, but at least we have a fighting chance with Democrats monopolizing the process.

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Tea Party Movement Returns Christian Right to Its Racist Past

By Michelle Goldberg, The American Prospect
Politics: For years, the religious right tried to lose its racist image, reverting to homophobia as its hatred of choice. As it joins the Tea Party fray, it may once again have to own both.

Video: Glenn Beck's Secret for Crying on Cue: Vicks VapoRub Under the Eyes

By Adele Stan, AlterNet
PEEK: A leaked video of a Glenn Beck photo shoot shows the FOX News host having a substance applied under his eyes, which then begin to stream for the camera.

Right-Wingers Root Against U.S., Then Celebrate Olympic Bid Failure

By Amanda Terkel, Think Progress
Video: Their hatred of Obama apparently overpowers their supposed love of country.

8 Reasons You Should Stop Drinking Milk Now

By Mickey Z., Planet Green
Health and Wellness: Consuming dairy products -- milk, cheese, yogurt, sour cream, ice cream, etc. -- is not green and it's not healthy.

Wall Street Plans to Tap into $26 Trillion Life Insurance Market, Cashing in When People Die

By Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: The bankers who brought us the disaster of 2008 have created a new financial instrument called "life settlements" -- call it morbid capitalism.

Rick Scott Is Making a Killing off the Uninsured

By Tristram Korten, Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute
Politics: A leading foe of healthcare reform owns a chain of clinics aimed at people who would benefit from a public option.

New Proposed Climate Change Bill in Washington Is Simpler and More Equitable

By David Morris, AlterNet
Politics: Happily, a new climate bill drafted by Sen. Maria Cantwell may change both the nature of the debate and its outcome.

What Is an Orgasm, Anyway?

SeXis Magazine Sex and Relationships: So you think you know what an orgasm is (and isn't)? Think again.

The Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran Crowd Is Getting All Riled up Again

By Pepe Escobar, Asia Times
World: Apparently even Saudi Arabia is on board with the idea of an Israeli strike on Iran.

Round 2 of Howard Dean vs. Rahm Emanuel: Dean Wins Again over Health Care Politics

By Cenk Uygur, AlterNet
Politics: In round 1, Emanuel and Dean boxed over what strategy was best for Dems to regain House seats in 2006. Dean was right there, and in the health care debate, he's right again.

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Why Right-Wing Demagogues Are Trying to Peddle Ludicrous Conspiracy Theories

By Chip Berlet, Indypendent
Politics: Even before Obama was sworn in as the 44th President, the internet was seething with lurid theories exposing his alleged subversion and treachery.

Tough Progressive Congressman Alan Grayson Is Putting the Fear in Republicans

By John Nichols, The Nation
Politics: GOPers are shocked that a Democrat has the nerve to call them out on their repeated health care lies and scare tactics. Rep. Grayson says get used to it.

Why Getting Health Care Passed Is Insanely Difficult

By Brad Reed, AlterNet
Health and Wellness: Special interests have always worked to kill national health plans -- from the progressives' proposals during the Wilson era to Clinton's failed reforms in the 1990s.

Flush with Cash From Bank Lobbyists, Conservative Dems Are Killing the Consumer Protection We All Need

By Zach Carter, AlterNet
Politics: Wall Street-influenced Democrats may not act as nutty as their GOP counterparts, but they're dealing out the same economic damage.

Marijuana in America: More Mainstream Than Ever, More Arrests Than Ever

By Tony Newman, AlterNet
Rights and Liberties: Marijuana's coming-out party is kicking into high gear across America -- but way to many people still are getting cuffed for it.

Republicans Have Decided to Call Anything a Democrat Ever Does or Says "Nazi"

By Allison Kilkenny, Smirking Chimp
Politics: The cause du jour for the Republican Party is to make as many rapid-fire comparisons between the Democrats and the Nazis as humanly possible.

Why Europeans Are Kicking Our Butts When it Comes to Living Green

By Elisabeth Rosenthal, Yale Environment 360
Health and Wellness: In Europe it is far easier to channel your good intentions into action. And you feel far worse if you don’t.

No, Not All Bi Women Love Threesomes: Silly Myths About Women and Bisexuality

By Saucy Sarah, SeXis Magazine
Sex and Relationships: Being bisexual means that you are attracted to members of both sexes, even if you’re not sleeping with them. Here are some things bisexuality doesn’t mean.

According to Obama Global Capitalism Is an 'Abstraction,' Not Worth Protesting

By Eric Stoner, AlterNet
Rights and Liberties: Does the president not know that these things are tied to "concrete, local, immediate issues that have an impact on people's lives"?