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Friday, October 31, 2014
Negromancer's Fave Poli-Reads - October 2014 Edition - Update #26
From YahooNews: Finally, Senator Landrieu tells the truth about something.
From YahooNews: Surprising Israeli political cartoon about Israeli=U.S. relations.
From RollingStone: Paul Krugman - "In Defense of Obama"
From TheDailyBeast: The suicide of Israeli soldiers after recent Gaza incursion.
From TheNewYorker: Andy Borowitz says billionaires to retain control of congress after the midterms.
From NewYorkMagazine: Can Elizabeth Warren (via Jeanne Shaheen) beat Scott Brown again.
From the GuardianUK: A controversial book about the Matthew Shepard murder.
From ThinkProgess: Yes, let's soak the 1 percent with a 90 percent tax rate.
From Prospect: The making of Ferguson.
From TheGuardian: Four Blackwater mercenaries/employees found guilty in Nisour Square massacre.
From TheGuardian: Gamergate.
From ThinkProgress: This judge is a prick for not granting maternity leave.
From RSN: Mumia and the commencement speech that cause police to go nuts.
From the GuardianUK: Matt Taibbi on the justice divide between Wall Street and Ferguson.
From SPLC via RSN: How Cliven Bundy won and is still winning.
From Consortium News via RSN: The Washington Post strikes back at Gary Webb revival.
From Consortium News via RSN: Robert Parry talks about Ronald Reagan's CIA and the contra-cocaine saga.
From TheIntercept: The neocon-UAE-Iraeli plot to declar Qatar a supporter of terror.
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From TheNewYorkTimes: Why is President Obama continuing the embargo of Cuba.
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From Consortium News via RSN: Robert Parry on the mainstream media's tepid response to the ghost of Gary Webb rising again with the release of the film, Kill the Messanger.
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From Think Progress via RSN: The one time the U.S. had "universal childcare."
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From Reuters: Sweden to recognize the state of Palestine.
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From the GuardianUK: Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi win the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.
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From YahooNews: 10 States with the worst quality of life... Yes, Louisiana makes the cut. And her current governor, Bobby Jindal (once called "the little majaraja") thinks his performance makes him a great U.S. presidential candidate for 2016.
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From Truthout: John Cleese weighs in on FOX News and stupidity.
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From Salon: The South (Southern states) has a victim complex.
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From MotherJones: An Alabama law provides lawyers for fetuses.
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From Reuters: The Supreme Court dodges gay marriage.
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From Truthout: Funny Obamacare cartoon.
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From Slate via RSN: (in)Justice Scalia's favorite murderer is innocent. You just have to laugh.
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From Consortium News via RSN: The New York Times admits that the Contra-Cocaine story was true... belatedly and relatively hidden.
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From Politico: "Something is Rotten in the Secret Service" - includes the author's now infamous line about it being Obama's own fault if he is assassinated.
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From the NewYorkTimes: Our Invisible Rich by Paul Krugman
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From RollingStone and RSN: Koch Bros. toxic empire.
From Rolling Stone via RSN: Koch's respond to Rolling Stone.
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