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Top Stories, Video and Blog Posts for AlterNet
October 22nd, 2008
http://www.alternet.org
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HOW WALL STREET HUSTLERS BUILT A $100 TRILLION HOUSE OF CARDS AND STUCK YOU
WITH THE FALLOUT
By Joshua Holland, AlterNet
Deregulation brought us hugely "leveraged" investments, and
they brought us panicked markets and pain.
http://www.alternet.org/workplace/103830/
THE MORMON CHURCH IS LEADING THE FIGHT AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE IN CALIFORNIA
By Ray Ring, High Country News
California's Prop. 8 has exploded into an expensive,
extensive battle between religious conservatives and gay
rights advocates.
http://www.alternet.org/sex/103824/
AS DEMOCRATIC LANDSLIDE LOOMS, BIG MEDIA TRY TO PEDDLE MORE 'RIGHT-WING NATION'
B.S.
By Paul Waldman, Media Matters for America
When Democrats win we're told that they need to move to the
center. What a joke.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/104001/
THE POWER OF THE INTERNET AND THE FAILURE OF ROVIAN POLITICS
By Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post
Age has finally become an issue for John McCain. But the
problem isn't the candidate's 72 years; it's the
antediluvian approach of his campaign.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/103942/
OLIVER STONE'S "W." -- A CATASTROPHE WORTHY OF THE WORST PRESIDENT
By Eileen Jones, eXiled Online
You can practically feel Oilver Stone sitting behind you,
breathing on the back of your neck and willing you to see
the brilliance of his vision.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/103963/
YOU CAN'T BE PRESIDENT: THE OUTRAGEOUS BARRIERS TO DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA
By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet
Author John R. MacArthur's new book ponders the enduring
problems in American democracy.
http://www.alternet.org/democracy/103977/
KARL ROVE NEARLY HANDCUFFED BY ACTIVIST WHO TRIED TO PUT HIM UNDER CITIZEN'S
ARREST FOR 'TREASON'
By Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet
A group of CODEPINK activists at a mortgage bankers' meeting
in San Francisco try to arrest Karl Rove.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/rights/104051/
BRAVE NEW FILMS EXPOSES THE TRUTH ABOUT ACORN
By Lindsay Beyerstein, Firedoglake
BNF released a new short film yesterday debunking the McCain
campaign's smears against ACORN.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/democracy/103912/
SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT MAY BE OUR BEST HOPE FOR THE ECONOMY -- ELECTION GUIDE
AlterNet
>From climate change to energy independence, a look at where
the candidates stand on this year's top 10 environmental
issues.
http://www.alternet.org/environment/101996/
CABLE NEWS PHENOM MADDOW DOUBLES HER AUDIENCE IN A MATTER OF DAYS
By Brian Stelter, The New York Times
Word is spreading like wildfire about the MSNBC host's
hard-hitting new show.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/103952/
MEXICAN GOVERNMENT COVERS UP MURDER OF JOURNALIST
By John Gibler, AlterNet
The cover-up is part of a horrid tradition where impunity is
cemented into the fabric of the law.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/103966/
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AlterNet Blogs:
MCCAIN SAYS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA IS RACIST
By Sam Stein, Huffington Post
Oh, man, what a gaffe. This will certainly go down as one of
the more awkward moments of this campaign cycle.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/104031/
PALIN CLAIMS VICE PRESIDENT 'IN CHARGE OF THE U.S. SENATE'
By Ryan Powers, Think Progress
Governor, there's this great document called the
Constitution that you should really take a look at.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/103965/
MCCAIN BLAMES FEMINISTS FOR CAMPAIGN'S SLIPPING SUPPORT
By Lucinda Marshall, Feminist Peace Network
And apparently they're mighty proud of it.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/reproductivejustice/103911/
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