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The Ryan Budget Plan
WILLIAM HARTUNG, whartung at ciponline.org, www.ciponline.org William Hartung is a fellow at the Center for International Policy. He said today: “Over the next decade, Paul Ryan’s budget plan would throw hundred of billions of dollars at the Pentagon beyond what the department is even asking for. While posing as a budget cutter who makes the…
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The Ryan Choice: “A Collective Gasp from Wisconsin”
ROBERT KRAIG, robert.kraig at citizenactionwi.org, www.citizenactionwi.org Kraig is executive director of Citizen Action of Wisconsin. He said today: “Paul Ryan is a smooth politician, but beneath the optimistic rhetoric, genial demeanor, and wonky reputation, the substance of his budget proposals would have devastating consequences for the freedom to have a fair shot at the American…
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Nuclear Protesters Raising Fundamental Issues, Not Posing “Security Concerns”
KnoxNews.com is reporting: “A federal grand jury has returned a three-count indictment against three Y-12 protesters, consolidating the previous charges lodged against them and adding another felony count of ‘depredation’ of government property, involving cutting, painting and defacing that resulted in damages exceeding $1,000. The new charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in…
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Nature Study on Diminishing Groundwater Resources “Another Reason to Ban Fracking”
The journal Nature just released a study titled “Demand for Water Outstrips Supply.” WENONAH HAUTER, Kate Fried, kfried at fwwatch.org Executive director of Food & Water Watch, Hauter said today: “Nothing shows the dangerous connection between drought and fracking more than the study released by the journal Nature this week, which shows groundwater demand is…
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Chevron’s Latest Disaster in California
AP reports: “Investigators were looking at how a small, seemingly insignificant leak at one of the country’s biggest oil refineries quickly unraveled into an intense fire that sent acrid black smoke into the sky and hundreds of people to hospitals with health complaints. “This latest disruption at Chevron’s refinery in this city about 10 miles…
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For-Profit Hospital Chain Pushed Unnecessary Heart Operations
Today’s New York Times features a front-page piece titled Hospital Chain Inquiry Cited Unnecessary Cardiac Work. HOWARD WAITZKIN, M.D., waitzkin at unm.edu Waitzkin is distinguished professor emeritus of clinical medicine at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. He said today: “Such unnecessary, dangerous, and costly procedures reflect an inherent tendency in for-profit medical systems…
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The Coming Food Crisis and Global Unrest
MICHAEL KLARE,
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Sikh Temple Shooting: “Christian Terror”
The Southern Poverty Law Center reports: Alleged Sikh temple shooter former member of Skinhead band. MARK JUERGENSMEYER, juergens at global.ucsb.edu, www.global.ucsb.edu/faculty/ juergensmeyer.html, www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-juergensmeyer Juergensmeyer is director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, professor of sociology, and affiliate professor of religious studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His books include “Terror…
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One Reason Behind India’s Blackout: World Bank Policies
DAPHNE WYSHAM, via Lacy MacAuley, lacy at ips-dc.org, [email protected], www.ips-dc.org Wysham is a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and is the founder and co-director of the Sustainable Energy and Economy Network. She grew up in India and was last there in December. She just wrote the piece One Reason Behind India’s Blackout: World…
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Campaign Targets New NBC “War-o-tainment” Show
RootsAction.org and Just Foreign Policy have launched a campaign targeting NBC’s new program, “Stars Earn Stripes,” a reality show co-hosted by retired U.S. General Wesley Clark and co-starring Todd Palin, which the network is advertising during the Olympics. DAVID SWANSON, david at davidswanson.org StarsEarnStripes.org David Swanson is a campaigner for RootsAction.org. He said today: “NBC…