Monday, April 14, 2014

RSN: Corporate Cash Hoarding Is Killing the Middle Class, Ohio Geologists Tie Earthquakes to Fracking, Rick Perry Targeted in "Political Blackmail" Probe, Chicago corruption, et al


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FOCUS: William Boardman | Benghazi Mystery Explained by CIA Covert Op With Turkey, Syria?
Former CIA Director David Petraeus. (photo: Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images)
William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "'Benghazi' is one of those kneejerk labels that right-wing folks slap on a story they don't actually understand but have determined the 'right' answer to anyway."
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Steve Weissman | Ukraine: Unleashing the Dogs of War
General Philip Breedlove, Nato's Supreme Allied Commander Europe (photo: Reuters)
Steve Weissman, Reader Supported News
Weissman writes: "'Make no mistake,' declared Barack Obama, President of the United States. 'Neither the United States nor Europe has any interest in controlling Ukraine. We have sent no troops there.' Obama assured his European audience of his best intentions in Brussels on March 26. He had already assured Americans that he would not enter into a hot war. "
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NRA Gunning for More Than Just Right to Bear Arms
Bobby Calvan, Al Jazeera America
Calvan writes: "When the Obama administration announced plans to halt the domestic sale of most elephant ivory, the National Rifle Association urged its members to mobilize against the ban."
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David Sirota | How Corrupt Chicago Politics Fueled the High-Frequency Trading Mess
David Sirota, Pando Daily
Sirota writes: "As one firefighter told the Chicago Reader after personally pitching the transaction tax proposal to the mayor: 'The idea that you can actually tax these pricks is not something he’s going to do. Better to cut the pensions of retired firefighters.'"
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Juan Cole | If Jesus Had a Wife, Would it Change the GOP War on Women?
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "But if it were correct, how might it change Christian sensibilities? For a holy figure to have a wife does not make the tradition more feminist, after all."
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Rick Perry Targeted in "Political Blackmail" Probe
Ed Espinoza, Progress Texas
Espinoza writes: "On Monday, a grand jury is expected to be seated to investigate Governor Rick Perry. At issue: his making good on a threat to veto public funds for a county-level office because the official in charge did not heed Perry's demand for a resignation."
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Alan Grayson | Corporate Cash Hoarding Is Killing the Middle Class
Alan Grayson, In These Times
Grayson writes: "The Government Accountability Office found earlier this year that the average effective tax rate on U.S. corporations is only 12.6 percent of their income. That’s low enough to make Mitt Romney jealous."
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Ohio Geologists Tie Earthquakes to Fracking
Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: "Geologists in Ohio have for the first time linked earthquakes in a geologic formation deep under the Appalachians to hydraulic fracturing, leading the state to issue new permit conditions Friday in certain areas that are among the nation's strictest."
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