Sunday, May 18, 2014

RSN: Koch Brothers Fruitlessly Spreading Misinformation on Renewable Energy, Obamacare Will Cause Longer Lines for Healthcare, et al




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Scott Galindez | Obamacare Will Cause Longer Lines for Healthcare
Longer waiting times for healthcare is a good thing. (photo: Healthy Living)
Scott Galindez, Reader Supported News
Galindez writes: "I hear the Republicans saying all the time that Obamacare will cause waiting lines like they have in Canada. My response to that is, 'Fantastic!' If they took the time to think, they would realize that all they are saying is more people will be receiving health care."
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RIP Social Conservatism: Why It's Dying - and the Coming Realignment
Michael Lind, Salon
Lind writes: "You wouldn't know it from watching MSNBC or Fox, but the era in which controversies over social issues like 'God, gays and guns' defines political alignments is probably drawing to a close, thanks to the social liberalism of younger Americans such as Millennials, who were born in 1981 or later."
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Why You Should Worry About the Election of Narendra Modi in India
Bob Dreyfuss, The Nation
Dreyfuss writes: "Who is Narendra Modi, and why should we be afraid? Modi, of course, is the leader of India's Bharatiya Janata Party, a rightist, Hindu nationalist party, which won big in India's weeks-long national election, and Modi will become India's next prime minister now that 550 million ballots have been counted."
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US Judge Halts Force-Feeding of Guantanamo Prisoner
Sandra Maler, Phil Stewart and David Ingram, Reuters
Excerpt: "A U.S. federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the military from force-feeding a Syrian prisoner on hunger striker at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. It was the first time a judge ordered a halt to force-feeding of a prisoner in Guantanamo."
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Harvey Milk Left Stamp on America, Now One Is Being Issued in His Name
Josh Hicks, The Washington Post
Hicks reports: "The Postal Service will dedicate its soon-to-be-released Harvey Milk stamp during a ceremony at the White House later this month, according to a White House announcement."
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Koch Brothers Fruitlessly Spreading Misinformation on Renewable Energy
Sam Gomberg, Union of Concerned Scientists
Gomberg writes: "Despite relentless legislative attacks funded by the Koch Brothers and other fossil fuel special interest groups, state renewable electricity standards are holding their own and continue to drive investments in clean energy resources."
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Ronnie Cummins | The Great Boycott: Monsanto and the GMA
Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association
Cummins writes: "Vermont isn't the only state up against the multi-billion dollar lobbying group. The GMA, whose 300-plus members include Monsanto and Dow, Coca-Cola and General Mills, is pushing a bill in Congress that would preempt all states from passing GMO labeling laws."
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