[MCM] The real price of Goldman's giganto-profits (Matt Taibbi)

The real price of Goldman's giganto-profits Matt Taibbi http://trueslant.com/matttaibbi/2009/07/16/on-goldmans-giganto-profits/http://trueslant.com/matttaibbi/2009/07/16/on-goldmans-giganto-profits/ Equity underwriting boomed during the period as dozens of banks raised money to

[MCM] Tell the House to vote FOR single-payer, TODAY!

Important Phone Call or Fax TODAY Thursday, 16 July 2009 06:57 http://www.1payer.net/component/community/profile.html?userid=66Clark Newhall

[MCM] Is WaPo columnist on CIA's payroll?

David Ignatius: The Mainstream Media's Chief Apologist for CIA Crimes By Melvin A. Goodman The Public Record http://pubrecord.org/david-ignatius-mainstream/Jul 16th, 2009 http://pubrecord.org/david-ignatius-mainstream/ The Washington Post's David Ignatius has become the mainstream media's

[MCM] Baxter filed patent for vaccine a year ago

Below this item, there is more on Baxter International, from Citizens for Legitimate Government. MCM Baxter Files Swine Flu Vaccine Patent A Year Ahead Of Outbreak from Lara, Health Advocate 10 July 2009 US20090060950A1 to Baxter International filed 28th August 2008 Baxter

[MCM] For Obama, indefinite detention doesn't violate the Constitution

Some Guantanamo Bay Detainees May Be Held Indefinitely By Elizabeth Lee Washington http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-07-10-voa6.cfm An Obama administration official told Senators Tuesday that some detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility will most likely be held indefinitely if

[MCM] Swine flu fast-tracked to September?

Such news as this would be reported, and publicly discussed, if this were actually a democratic country, and not the corporatist arrangement that's been foisted on us. MCM Swine Flu Vaccine Fast-Tracked to September? http://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/news/20090717/swine-flu-vaccine-fast-track

[MCM] Hiatus

Tomorrow I'll be going on vacation through August 8. Although I'll send stuff out, it won't come as abundantly, or as frequently, as usual. MCM --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's News From

[MCM] Holder, drop ALL CHARGES against Don Siegelman!

Washington, DC Ilene Proctor PR 1-310-858-6643 Restore Justice At Justice Coalition Calls On Attorney General Eric Holder To Dismiss Charges Against Don Siegelman The Restore Justice At Justice campaign, www.restorejusticeatjustice.com, representing hundreds of organizations with over one

[MCM] Nine more go to jail for single-payer

*Nine More Go to Jail for Single Payer* http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/44784 By David Swanson Following a pattern of civil resistance in Washington D.C. and around the country, citizens in Des Moines Iowa on Monday risked arrest to press for the creation of single-payer healthcare, the

[MCM] More on the immunity for H1N1 vaccine makers

Hi Meryl, I don't know if you have had a chance to read the information NVIC posted on H1N1 last week but it is a summary of the federal legislation and augmenting state legislation that has paved the way for the current exercise of the EUA to fast track unlicensed adjuvants and vaccines for

[MCM] Naomi Wolf reports on Gitmo

From The Times July 25, 2009 Guantánamo Bay: the inside story There's a McDonald's on the high street, suburban houses, rats the size of dogs, and 229 of the world's most high-profile prisoners. Six months after President Obama declared that he would close it down, Naomi

[MCM] Swine flu surging

Subject: stunning new reports From: Theron Horton Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:23:48 -0500 To: Paul Thomas , Mark Crispin Miller Europe's confirmed cases rose 7.2% in the last 24 hours, from 21,288 to 22,817. see: 1,529 new A/H1N1 flu cases confirmed in Europe_English_Xinhua http

[MCM] Fight the Blue Dogs

Dear Pam, It's working. Your phone calls are making the difference. The progressive caucus is finally realizing it can stand up for a real public option. Yesterday progressive members actually blocked the Blue Dogs

[MCM] Siegelman Wecht will brief the press re: DoJ's selective prosecution

That's BushCo's _and_ Obama's DoJ. MCM Original Message Subject:FW: Media Advisory: Don Siegelman, Dr. Cyril Wecht To Lead Aug. 15 Netroots Forum On Reporting Locally About Karl Rove/DoJ Selective Prosecution Abuses Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 00:43:12 -0400 From:

[MCM] Blackwater founder implicated in murder

Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090817/scahill?rel=emailNation --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's News From Underground newsgroup. To unsubscribe, send a

[MCM] What I didn't learn on my summer vacation

Having spent three weeks away--from the city, from TV, and (mostly) out of cyberspace-- I feel myself, in part, well-rested and restored, by long, sweet family mountain hikes, and hours of meditation by the sea, and hearty chowdowns on delicious local food (including lots of beer); and very

[MCM] What's behind the town hall riots? Francis Schaeffer tells all...

http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/141833/right-wing_turncoat_gives_the_inside_scoop_on_why_conservatives_are_rampaging_town_halls/Right-Wing Turncoat Gives the Inside Scoop on Why Conservatives Are Rampaging Town Halls By http://www.alternet.org/authors/9553/Frank Schaeffer,

[MCM] Sibel Edmonds's shocking deposition

Here's a mammoth scandal that the DoJ has been quite eager to suppress, about the long arm of the Turkish government, which has been very diligently meddling in congressional affairs. This is hot stuff, involving legislators from both parties (and therefore very likely not to surface in the

[MCM] Obama extends Blackwater contract ($20+ million)

US Still Paying Blackwater Millions Friday 07 August 2009 by: Jeremy Scahill | Visit article original @ The Nation http://www.truthout.org/080809C?nhttp://www.truthout.org/080809C?n Just days before two former Blackwater employees alleged in sworn statements filed in federal court

[MCM] The one thing Sara Robinson didn't mention

I don't know if Sara Robinson ever paid any attention to the (buried) story of BushCo's election fraud, or if she shrugged it off. I do know that two of the other experts on fascism whom she mentions--Chip Berlet and Fred Clarkson--have shrugged it off, and with considerable vehemence. Early

[MCM] Goodbye to fair elections in Wisconsin

This long email is a shocker, and so well worth reading to the end. MCM From http://blackboxvoting.org/: Wisconsin is set to ratify a '5-year plan' which will advocate looking into forced mail-in voting, Etch-a-Sketch-style electronic voter registration tablets which eliminate the physical

[MCM] Nixon's the one

Bill Betz writes re: What I didn't learn on my summer vacation: Great post. I'm in the middle of Pearlstein's Nixonland and it's amazing to see (as we all well know) that Nixon was the embodiment of the elements that enable fascism to fester (it never flourishes until the end, and then it

[MCM] The nightmare of GM foods

Despite that groovy little garden planted by Michelle Obama right behind the White House, this president's food policy is not so green, since Tom Vilsack, his Agriculture Secretary, supports the use of GM foods, as, certainly, do those Monsanto veterans whom Obama has now also brought on board.

[MCM] Unions threatened with violence for attending town hall meetings

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/reporting/sam-steinUnions Receive Increasingly Scary Threats Of Violence For Town Hall Participation August 8, 2009 Sam Stein mailto:st...@huffingtonpost.comst...@huffingtonpost.com | HuffPost Reporting From DC

[MCM] GOP hires firm to spatter blogs with rightist comments

Make no mistake: GOP is paying trolls to blog attack http://www.politicsandtechnology.com/2007/07/make-no-mistake.html This is unbelievable. We always knew that there were right-wing political hacks trolling the blogosphere, but this is a new low. There's a company called Advantage Consultants

[MCM] DoJ abandons doctor targeted by anti-choice extremists

Federal Marshals Abandon Doctor Targeted by Anti-Abortion Extremists By Jodi Jacobson, RH Reality Check Posted on August 8, 2009, Printed on August 9, 2009 http://www.alternet.org/story/141863/http://www.alternet.org/story/141863/ Despite mounting threats to the clinic--and potentially to the

[MCM] Stephen Hawking wouldn't have a chance in the UK

Don't Need To Be a Rocket Scientist 08.10.09 -- 12:10PM By http://talkingpointsmemo.com/joshmarshall.phpJosh Marshall http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/08/dont_need_to_be_a_rocket_scientist.php?ref=fpblg Once you thoroughly unfasten yourself from reality, truly all things are

[MCM] GOP deploys extremist shock troops (a/k/a storm troopers)

Dear Reader, What do Rupert Murdoch, Senator Jim DeMint, former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, anti-choice zealot Randall Terry and health-care industry executives have in common? They all want to kill health-care reform. But you knew that. What you didn't know -- until AlterNet

[MCM] ALL the rightist lies about Obama-care DEBUNKED!

Here is an essential site--wittily entitled pleasecutthecrap.typepad.com--for anyone who wants to shoot down all those steaming whoppers. Needless to say, this is the sort of strong corrective effort that the press ought to be making. MCM All In One Place! Deconstructing the Right Wing Lies

[MCM] Boycott FOX News advertisers

Where possible. (The US Post office is one of them.) MCM Current Advertisers ( http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/8/9/764059/-The-Glenn-Beck-Boycott,-Its-working...-We-also-need-volunteers-to-compile-next-weeks-sponsor-list.8/9/09 ) 60Plus.org AARP Insurance Accu Chek Aviva ADT Security

[MCM] Pentagon attempting to control states' military forces

I wonder where Obama stands on this one. (Probably as far away as he can get.) MCM Governors, Pentagon joust for command of domestic military forces BY STEPHEN C. WEBSTER Published: August 10, 2009 Updated 3 hours ago

[MCM] We need a SPECIAL PROSECUTOR to probe BushCo's torture program!

Groups Call On Eric Holder To Appoint A Special Prosecutor To Fully Investigate The Use Of Torture Convention Against Torture Requires Prosecution Yesterday, the Disbar Torture Lawyer coalition, consisting of more than 150 NGOs representing over a million members, sent a letter to Attorney

[MCM] This evil, militant meanness that has now taken over the Democratic party

? Shameful Comment by Mark Crispin Miller on August 10, 2009 @ 8:25 am: This evil, militant meanness that has now taken over the Democratic party? If you can find a single case of any Democrats or liberals screaming insults, burning anyone in effigy, or making death threats, I would like to hear about

[MCM] New docs show Rove's role in US Attorney firings

New Documents Show Rove's Role In Political Firings: Help Us Read Through Them Ryan Grim mailto:r...@huffingtonpost.comr...@huffingtonpost.com | HuffPost Reporting First Posted: 08-11-09 02:17 PM | Updated: 08-11-09 02:48 PM

[MCM] Lou Dobbs want to get rid of Howard Dean, a blood-sucking leftist

It sounds like Dobbs was drunk--which makes two reasons why CNN ought to get rid of him. (Then he can join Glenn Beck at FOX.) MCM From DfA: It's time to get Lou Dobbs and his hate speech off the air. Yesterday, our friends at Media Matters for America, who are dedicated to

[MCM] Raw Story on new revelations re: K. Rove

http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102667536295s=7889e=001UAhviR4CtOFOwSOgQgv-cSUmS6P5dgqnIaj75w2_gz3btUoCgwyFZPPN5g69jLop4unoAx3TKdjMiFsugBwo4c9XU1bacwPWKDwJQJ6Kl_MZdNKuo45iKtK5w8o7J2Xq3uOB0g9Smmv2HuMxq1nefCN1rZP1zIff-PBz23qcQq0xBx_LFXYwnCrIt9JMxJ4AWhite House emails, Bush aide implicate Rove in firing

[MCM] Rove's testimony re: Gov. Don Siegelman

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[MCM] A Big (fat) Lie about the healthcare bill

From Michael Rosin: I had to run an errand at lunch and I listened to Rush Limbaugh go on and on about the Health Care bill, complaining that Democrats in Congress ought to read it. So should he. He went on and on about section 1233, giving the impression that it will be used to deny health

[MCM] The REAL unemployment rate: 19% (i.e., 30 million workers)

A Scary Reality By Bob Herbert New York Times - August 10, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/opinion/11herbert.html Last week was a pretty good one for President Obama. Bill Clinton helped out big time when he returned from North Korea with the American journalists Laura Ling and Euna

[MCM] AG Holder's previous employment

From Ken Anderson: Hi Mark, Just as a point of information (several points, actually, so I apologize for the length), and out of curiosity, I followed up Simpson's article about Holder's ties to the RNC via Covington and Burling LLC, his employer during the last eight years. Holder reportedly

[MCM] Rove busted (so to speak)

The record--i.e., a ton of emails--clearly shows that Rove did keep very, very close tabs on Don Siegelman's case, and on the status of those US Attorneys who weren't playing ball with the Republicans (that is, more specifically, with him). Here, first, is Roger Shuler's latest, on Rove's

[MCM] White House fighting back....?

Here, first, is a brief and cogent piece by Todd Gitlin, on the dire need for the White House to get its act together--as the trogs are gaining in the polls, their screaming evidently having earned them a degree of public sympathy. (I also recommend Bob Parry's sobering piece about the status

[MCM] Rove's tap-dance around perjury

In his recent testimony, Karl Rove did not deny involvement in the Siegelman case. He didn't do it, because he couldn't without committing perjury. MCM From Roger Shuler: Reports in both the mainstream and Web press indicate that Karl Rove, in his testimony before representatives of the U.S.

[MCM] Newt's sudden change of mind

Ever notice how the lions of the GOP, for all their rabid anti-communism, can change their minds completely just like that, according to the latest party line? MCM Matt Taibbi - Taibblog - Newt Gingrich Changes What's Left of his Mind on End-of-life Care - True/Slant#more-662

[MCM] Dr. Wecht speaks out

Media Advisory: The noted forensic expert and former Allegheny County Democratic Chairman Dr. Cyril Wecht, recently vindicated from a longstanding federal prosecution, appeared on my noon radio show today at 12:30 to discuss abuses by the U.S. Department of Justice in using selective

[MCM] Holder's firm hires two men from the Alabama Mafia

Soldiers for Big Pharma (and, no doubt, Big Tobacco). MCM Covington Picks Up Two From Outside the Beltway http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2009/08/covington-picks-up-two-from-outside-the-beltway.htmlhttp://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2009/08/covington-picks-up-two-from-outside-the-beltway.html

[MCM] Update list of FOX News advertisers

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[MCM] Shopping at Whole Foods?

http://www.singlepayeraction.org/blog/?p=1327 http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/8/13/765839/-To-John-Mackey-at-Whole-Foodshttp://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/8/13/765839/-To-John-Mackey-at-Whole-Foods --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because

[MCM] Update on FOX News boycott

Fox News Boycott Update 8/12/09 Submitted by Bob Fertik on August 12, 2009 - 7:41am. http://www.democrats.com/taxonomy/term/311Right-Wing Media Wow!!! The response to our http://www.democrats.com/boycott-fox-news-advertisersBoycott FOX News Advertisers petition has been huge! We're over 42,000

[MCM] Correction to James Lovelock's statement on Chernobyl

From Rik: Lovelock's statement that Chernobyl is a wildlife refuge is not supported: http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/chernobyl-wildlife-sanctuary/199 thanks, Rik --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark

[MCM] Glenn Beck's sudden change of mind

http://www.joeydevilla.com/2009/08/14/glenn-beck-and-american-healthcares-amazing-16-month-comeback/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's News From Underground newsgroup. To unsubscribe, send a

[MCM] Like a rolling stone

You're Bob Dylan? US police want to see some ID By WAYNE PARRY, Associated Press Writer Wayne Parry, Associated Press Writer - Fri Aug 14, 6:33 pm ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090814/ap_en_ot/us_people_bob_dylan Rock legend Bob Dylan was treated like a complete unknown by police in a

[MCM] NJ Homeowner Calls Cops on Bob Dylan

This is piece is much better than the AP bit I sent out earlier. MCM New Jersey Homeowner Calls Cops on Bob Dylan Forty Years After Woodstock, Bob Dylan Is Mistaken for a Homeless Man By CHRIS FRANCESCANI Aug. 14, 2009 http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=8331830page=1 Talk about a complete

[MCM] Good BuzzFlash piece on Whole Foods boycott

BOYCOTT WHOLE FOODS!!! BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS by Meg White After Whole Foods CEO John Mackey wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal this week slamming ObamaCare [1], progressive foodies across the whole foods boycottnation have registered their shock and devastation [2]. It seems

[MCM] Fake grass roots demand for clean coal coming soon....

From Glynn Wilson: The radical right fringe that has been out in numbers to protest meaningful reform in the U.S. health care system is not the only corrupt barrage members of Congress will face during the August recess. Grist magazine is reporting that the American Coalition for Clean Coal

[MCM] Obama and his party caving in

White House appears ready to drop 'public option' By PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press Writer http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_care_overhaul WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's administration signaled on Sunday it is ready to abandon the idea of giving Americans the option of

[MCM] Evidence that Rove's a felon?

From Roger Shuler: The next time Karl Rove's doughy face appears on Fox News, you might want to allow this thought to enter your consciousness: Is that man a felon, and if so, why is he getting time on a major network? Documents released last week by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee leave

[MCM] We need TRANSPARENCY in dealing with swine flu

http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/87/8/08-056689.pdfhttp://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/87/8/08-056689.pdf --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's News From Underground newsgroup. To unsubscribe, send a

[MCM] Public option not dead yet

The News of Its Death Is Greatly Exaggerated Mike Lux http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-lux/the-news-of-its-death-is_b_261462.html Kent Conrad has repeatedly said there are not enough votes in the Senate for a public option, and

[MCM] Neurologists concerned about swine flu shots Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Swine flu jab link to killer nerve disease: Leaked letter reveals concern of neurologists over 25 deaths in America By Jo Macfarlane http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1206807/Swine-flu-jab-link-killer-nerve-disease-Leaked-letter-reveals-concern-neurologists-25-deaths-America.html#

[MCM] One in three nurses doesn't want swine flu vaccine (UK)

One in three nurses does not want swine flu vaccine http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/Swine_flu/article6799297.ece One in three nurses say they will not be immunised against swine flu, despite being offered the vaccine as a priority to protect patients. Concerns about the

[MCM] This is reform?

August 18, 2009 Op-Ed Columnist This Is Reform? By BOB HERBERT http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/opinion/18herbert.html It's never a contest when the interests of big business are pitted against the public interest. So if we manage to get health care reform this time around it will be the

[MCM] Execution of the innocent is NOT unconstitutional: Scalia

Two blogs on this criminal's barbaric jurisprudence: one from ThinkProgress, the other from Mark Karlin, editor of BuzzFlash. Yes, Scalia is a criminal--a judgement based on Vincent Bugliosi's solid brief against the Rehnquist Five for their illegal halting of the presidential vote-count in

[MCM] Swine flu hits mostly blacks, Hispanics (Boston Globe)

US: More H1N1 cases among Boston's blacks, Hispanics Via the Boston Globe: http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2009/08/18/cases_of_swine_flu_higher_among_bostons_blacks_hispanics/Cases of swine flu higher among Boston's blacks, Hispanics. Excerpt: Since its arrival in Boston in late

[MCM] Holder's law firm boasts of GOP ties

From Roger Shuler: Eric Holder's former law firm brags on its Web site about its role in protecting Karl Rove's e-mails stored on a Republican National Committee server. In other words, Holder's firm played a major role in obscuring the truth behind the U.S. attorney firings and Bush-era

[MCM] More details on AG Holder's firm

Ken Anderson has added plenty to his first piece on Covington Burling, which I sent out some days ago. MCM AG Holder's Former Employer By Kenneth Anderson http://www.opednews.com/articles/AG-Holder-s-Former-Employe-by-Kenneth-Anderson-090813-467.html One of Attorney General Eric Holder's

[MCM] 3 reasons why the public option MUST (and MIGHT) prevail

Three Reasons Why a Strong Public Option is Likely to be Part of Health Insurance Reform Robert Creamer http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-creamer/three-reasons-why-a-stron_b_261829.htmlhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-creamer/three-reasons-why-a-stron_b_261829.html Hasty headlines to

[MCM] Factory farms creating lethal superbugs

This is very scary. MCM Antibiotic Resistance at Factory Farms Scares the Hell Out of Johns Hopkins Scientists BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS by Meg White http://blog.buzzflash.com/analysis/884 I don't like it when scientists feel the need to explain that they're scared out of their wits, or use

[MCM] Obama channels Bush before the VFW (Cindy Sheehan)

From: boun...@bounces.democracyinaction.com [mailto:boun...@bounces.democracyinaction.com] On Behalf Of Cindy Sheehan for Peace Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 12:21 PM To: lyn...@gvtc.com Subject: The President Exhibits Crazy Speech Patterns by Cindy Sheehan The President Exhibits Crazy Speech

[MCM] Robert Reich calls for a march on Washington, Sept. 13

Reich calls for 'march on Washington' By: Fred Barbash http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/26224.html Robert Reich, the former Labor secretary, scholar and commentator, called Tuesday for a march on Washington on Sept. 13 -Grandparents Day - in support of a health care bill that offers

[MCM] Karl Rove and his mysterious Alabama lawyer

From: Roger Shuler: Karl Rove apparently made a slip during his Congressional testimony that has gone unnoticed in the mainstream press. Did Rove's curious reference to a mystery lawyer named McDonald reveal potentially important information about the Don Siegelman prosecution?

[MCM] MAKE THE CALL!

From Mark Read: Friends, Listen, I never thought I'd blast e-spam from Moveon to my friends, but this really is a once-in-a-generation fight for some meaningful health care reform. I know that the public option does not go nearly far enough, but it is meaningful, systemic reform, which is

[MCM] If You Would Lead, Maybe We Would Follow

If You Would Lead, Maybe We Would Follow By David Michael Green Professor of Political Science Hofstra Universit http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23290.htm Both President Obama's health care plan and his presidency are going down the toilet. Obama is turning out to be a

[MCM] The government's supply of H1N1 vaccine, Tamiflu, Relenza

U.S. government to advise businesses on swine flu http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-SwineFlu/idUSTRE57H6AF20090818 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. government officials plan to release guidance on Wednesday for businesses seeking advice on how to deal with the swine flu pandemic. Commerce

[MCM] Must-read July stories from Consortium.news

From Robert Parry: Editor's Note: Because we've been publishing more stories, some readers say they miss some that fly by. So, each month, we'll point out some special stories from the previous month. Here is a selection from July 2009, focusing on the challenges and the missteps of the

[MCM] A modest proposal: Medicare for all! (Thom Hartmann)

Dear President Obama: A Modest Medicare Proposal Thom Hartmann http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thom-hartmann/dear-president-obama-a-mo_b_261009.html Dear President Obama, I understand you're thinking of dumping your public option because of all the demagoguery by Sarah Palin and Dick Armey

[MCM] Those co-ops won't accomplish squat

From ABC News! (Or am I hallucinating?) MCM http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=8352840Experts Say Past Nonprofit Co-Ops Could Not, or Would Not, Compete With Private Insurers By LAUREN COX ABC News Medical Unit http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=8352840 Murmurs from the White House that the

[MCM] ATT blocking dissidents?

From Robert Glenn Plotner: In 2004/2005 while auditing election results, I suddenly found my access blocked to government websites containing election returns as well as election reform websites. No other sites were affected. I documented the problems. Different browsers. Different computers.

[MCM] Obama IS leading--in the wrong direction

Obama IS Leading, But in the Wrong Direction By David Swanson http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/45342http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/45342 If you would lead, maybe we would follow, David Michael Green

[MCM] Doctor gets the axe for knocking doughnuts

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/17/doctor-forced-out-for-disparaging-donuts/Doctor Forced Out for Disparaging Doughnuts By TARA PARKER-POPE http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/17/doctor-forced-out-for-disparaging-donuts/ A Florida doctor was forced out of his job running a local

[MCM] New info on Rove's mystery McDonald

From Roger Shuler: An update about Karl Rove's mystery McDonald, mentioned in his Congressional testimony. Looks like we were off base in our earlier post, and we apologize for the confusion. Roger New information indicates that Karl Rove probably was referring in his Congressional

[MCM] Fast action from ATT?

From Robert Glenn Plotner: Just to note within an hour of sending that last reply to you, my access is no longer blocked. Strange that. I don't know whether someone read those emails and made a decision, or whether complaints to Facebook that ATT may be blocking access caused something to

[MCM] Two more comments on the Army captain's protest

http://markcrispinmiller.com/2009/08/army-officer-speaks-out-against-religious-persecution-mrff/#comments Comment by EyeSpy on August 20, 2009 @ 11:28 am All this proselytizing has got to stop. This and the highly christianized Blackwater now accused of murdering government witnesses, the

[MCM] Ridge was pressured to raise terror alert to help Bush win

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/20/tom-ridge-i-was-pressured_n_264127.htmlTom Ridge: I Was Pressured To Raise Terror Alert To Help Bush Win The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner First Posted: 08-20-09 11:20 AM | Updated: 08-20-09 11:54 AM In a new book, former Secretary of Homeland

[MCM] Rove steps in it

First, read throughKarl Rove's stunningly cocky op-ed in the Wall Street Journal-- http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203550604574360500363745662.html --then read this important xposé by Larisa Alexandrovna. It's important to all those of us who care about, like, justice, and the

[MCM] Why Rahm and Baucus dumped the public option (MUST-READ)

The Baucus Caucus: PhRMA, Insurance, Hospitals and Rahm By: Jane Hamsher http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/08/19/the-baucus-caucus-phrma-insurance-hospitals-and-rahm/ We started this whip count effort on June 23 because it became clear that in the course of making their deals with

[MCM] Enough Already (Cindy Sheehan)

http://cindysheehanssoapbox.blogspot.com/2009/08/enough-already-by-cindy-sheehan.htmlEnough Already by Cindy Sheehan And you look at somebody like that [note: me] and you think here's somebody who's just trying to find some meaning in her son's death. And you have to be sympathetic to her.

[MCM] Six months in jail for yawning

How Yawning Got One Court Spectator Six Months in the Slammer and Other Disturbing Acts of Judicial Tyranny By Liliana Segura, AlterNet Posted on August 21, 2009, Printed on August 21, 2009 http://www.alternet.org/story/142109/ Last month, in Illinois, Circuit Judge Daniel Rozak was handing

[MCM] Vaccine Nation (trailer)

Eye-opening, if you can stand it. MCM http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_18884.cfmhttp://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_18884.cfm --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's News

[MCM] Petition to Whole Foods CEO John Mackey

Dear friends and colleagues, In light of Whole Food's Market CEO John Mackey's latest attack on health care reform, we are circulating an open letter to Whole Food's Board of Directors, urging to promote a sustainable organic food supply chain and sustainable jobs, and support our Pres,

[MCM] Take the profit motive out of news

This great piece by my colleague, Victor Pickard, came out while I was on vacation, so I didn't have a chance to send it on. The time has come for sweeping media reform--a sine qua non (along with election reform and campaign finance reform) for the salvation of American democracy. As Victor

[MCM] The far-right players behind those town hall protests

Town Hall Protests: Astroturf 2.0? A Who's Who of the corporate-organized fight against healthcare reform. Healthcare Astroturf 2009 By Ben Buchwalter and Nikki Gloudeman http://current.com/items/90738278_town-hall-protests-astroturf-2-0.htm This summer, town hall meetings to discuss health

[MCM] US justice system hijacked by Karl Rove: SPEAK OUT!

If you haven't yet seen The Political Prosecutions of Karl Rove, do it ASAP: http://www.politicalprosecutions.org/. MCM American justice is at risk. What are you doing about it? By Rob Kall The health reform debate is roaring, as it should be, and we are engaged in pressing the spineless

[MCM] Jill Simpson fires back at Rove Wall Street Journal

From Roger Shuler: Alabama lawyer and Siegelman-case whistleblower Jill Simpson showed a long time ago that she is not afraid to go toe-to-toe with Karl Rove. Check out her letter to the Wall Street Journal, in which she lands one punch after another on the doughy face of Bush's Brain.

[MCM] Tamiflu turned my children into sobbing, hallucinating wrecks

The US media persists in recommending Tamiflu, with little mention (I've seen none) of that drug's side effects. MCM 'Tamiflu turned my children into hallucinating, sobbing wrecks' By Richard Price Last updated at 10:12 AM on 13th August 2009

[MCM] What the Agency was doing with Blackwater scares the hell out of me

Former CIA Agent: What the Agency Was Doing With Blackwater Scares the Hell Out of Me By Jeremy Scahill, The Nation Posted on August 20, 2009, Printed on August 21, 2009 http://www.alternet.org/story/142098/http://www.alternet.org/story/142098/ In April 2002, the CIA paid Blackwater more

[MCM] Lt. Calley apologizes for My Lai

William Calley apologizes for My Lai massacre By Dick McMichael - Special to the Ledger-Enquirer http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/story/813820.htmlhttp://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/story/813820.html William Calley, the former Army lieutenant convicted on 22 counts of murder in the

[MCM] Flu research website launched

Flu research website launched http://www.news24.com/Content/SciTech/News/1132/e3d0ac54f09c4e7faa9f0f3125289459/22-08-2009-09-28/Flu_research_website_launched San Francisco -The Public Library of Science (PLoS), a US non-profit, launched a website on Thursday designed for health researchers to

[MCM] The Christianist takeover of the DoJ

The takeover described below is but one aspect of the Bush Republicans' subversion of American democracy--that is to say, US elections, which, since 2000, have been largely rigged by Christianist outfits and/or activists like Premier/Diebold and ESS; Mike Connell's GovTech Solutions as well as

[MCM] Obama's double standard

This is actually the double standard not just of our president, but of the Democratic Party, which has for quite some time put down its own left wing while sucking up to the Republicans. MCM The Obama Double Standard David Sirota Huffington Post 8/22/09

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