HOW IMPORTANT
IS A "READER SUPPORTED" NEWS AGENCY?: It depends. Back in the sixties we had
body counts and platitudes from the main stream press, with out any viable media
alternative. The results were, what they were. The corporate media has two
primary functions: a) To report facts in a major crisis which they do fairly
well with a few significant exceptions and, b) To manage public opinion for
their benefactors. Which they do with a ruthless efficiency. Take away the
incentive to manage public opinion and you have Reader Supported News. For your
consideration. -- ma/RSN
Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar | These Terrorist Attacks Are Not About Religion
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, TIME
Abdul-Jabbar writes: "When the Ku Klux Klan burns a cross in a black family's yard, Christians aren't required to explain how these aren't really Christian acts."
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, TIME
Abdul-Jabbar writes: "When the Ku Klux Klan burns a cross in a black family's yard, Christians aren't required to explain how these aren't really Christian acts."
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200,000 Sign
Petition Urging Elizabeth Warren to Run for President
James Pindell, The Boston Globe
Pindell writes: "More than 200,000 Americans have signed a petition to encourage Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts to seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, two of the country's largest progressive groups behind the effort announced Friday."
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James Pindell, The Boston Globe
Pindell writes: "More than 200,000 Americans have signed a petition to encourage Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts to seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, two of the country's largest progressive groups behind the effort announced Friday."
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Staten Island
Prosecutor Who Oversaw Eric Garner Grand Jury to Run for
Congress
Jessica Glenza, The Guardian
Glenza writes: "The Staten Island district attorney who failed to obtain an indictment for the officer involved in the death of Eric Garner will run for Congress as a Republican, he announced Friday evening."
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Jessica Glenza, The Guardian
Glenza writes: "The Staten Island district attorney who failed to obtain an indictment for the officer involved in the death of Eric Garner will run for Congress as a Republican, he announced Friday evening."
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When We Call
Criminal Acts "Terrorism," We Destroy Our Rights and Sacrifice Our
Principles
Mike Masnick, TechDirt
Masnick writes: "Every so often over the past decade or so in the 'age of terrorism,' someone has raised the issue of why we treat 'terrorism' as somehow distinct from criminal activity."
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Mike Masnick, TechDirt
Masnick writes: "Every so often over the past decade or so in the 'age of terrorism,' someone has raised the issue of why we treat 'terrorism' as somehow distinct from criminal activity."
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Anonymous to
Wage Cyber-War Against Jihadists in Response to Charlie Hebdo
Shooting
Anthony Cuthbertson, International Business Times
Cuthbertson writes: "Anonymous, the online 'hacktivist' collective, has announced that it will avenge the attack on Charlie Hebdo by rendering jihadist websites inaccessible."
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Anthony Cuthbertson, International Business Times
Cuthbertson writes: "Anonymous, the online 'hacktivist' collective, has announced that it will avenge the attack on Charlie Hebdo by rendering jihadist websites inaccessible."
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EU Austerity
Faces Rising Public Anger
Simon Marks, Al Jazeera America
Marks writes: "After half a decade of public spending cuts, job losses, and poor wage growth, Europe is barely emerging from the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression."
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Simon Marks, Al Jazeera America
Marks writes: "After half a decade of public spending cuts, job losses, and poor wage growth, Europe is barely emerging from the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression."
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26 Earthquakes
Later, Fracking's Smoking Gun Is in Texas
James Joiner, The Daily Beast
Joiner writes: "After 11 quakes in the last two days - with one registering at a 3.6 - Irving, Texas' sudden onset tremor problem might be the fracking industry's nightmare."
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James Joiner, The Daily Beast
Joiner writes: "After 11 quakes in the last two days - with one registering at a 3.6 - Irving, Texas' sudden onset tremor problem might be the fracking industry's nightmare."
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