Comments Which Conservatives Block From Their Blogs For April 26, 2017

April 24

To Jim Campbell and his blogpost stating that Christians should support the religious freedom of all. This appeared in the Gospel Coalition website.

The issue here isn't whether Christians should support religious freedom for all, the issue is whether Christians here are supporting religious freedom for all--that is for all whose religion doesn't call on them to steal from or hurt others. And it is clear to see that the opposition to same-sex marriage by many of us religiously conservative Christians indicates that we don't support religious freedom for all.

Another indicator of our opposition to religious freedom for all can be seen in our response to the refugee crisis that stems from the wars in the Middle East. Those who oppose the influx of these refugees because of the either their fear of a possible change in religious demographics in our nation or their religious prejudices and xenophobia do not support the religious freedom of all. Rather, they support a maintenance of a certain demographic status quo.

What should be added to the second paragraph is this: the refugee crisis that has involved Europe and the Americas with allowing refugees and immigrants from the Middle East to enter started with the American invasion of Iraq. A parallelism between that and our problems with illegal immigration from South of the border because many of the illegal immigrants come from nations that saw either US supported regime changes or trade policies. How is it that in the name of maintaining a preferred status quo or demographic edge can we turn away those who come here because of what we have visited on their nations?

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April 25

To R. Scott Clark and his blogpost quote of Stella Morabito in Clark’s assessment of political correctness. This appeared in the Heidelblog.

But not only has freedom of speech been under attack, so have certain groups of people like those belonging to minority races, the LGBT community, and even real political leftists--this does not include the Democrats.

In other words, some use their freedom of speech to marginalize others and deny them of enjoying equality in society.
The real problem with political correctness is like the problem of how society embraces new technologies and social media. The problem is that we embrace these things in an all-or-nothing manner. After all, who objects to political correctness when it prohibits people from using the n-word on Blacks or racial slurs for those from other races? Or how many would object to political correctness when it prohibits people from using slurs on the LGBT community? Only those who engage in the same kind of thinking as those who exponentially increase the number of ways we can hurt the feelings of marginalized groups that don't exist. Regarding political correctness, are our only choices that exist are being either a hardcore bigot or an oversensitive snowflake?

It is only in the extreme applications of political correctness where people are robbed of either their equal rights or their freedom of speech. So perhaps we need to apply more wisdom to political correctness before we experience its real value

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To Joe Carter and his blogpost on discussing economic equality vs economic fairness. This appeared in the Acton blog.

But what is economic unfairness? And can wealth disparity be indicators of economic unfairness?

As for the first question, is it fair for stockholders to receive preferential treatment over workers? Is it fair to pay at least some of the full-time workers poverty wages and rely on government assistance programs to make those wages survivable in order for stockholders to get higher dividends? And doesn't the concept of treating the stockholders as the only important people make those stockholders very similar to absentee landlords?

Or what about the communities in which manufacturing places or offices are located. They build infrastructure to provide for operation of company workplaces and their workers despite the fact that the location of those workplaces can change in order to increase stockholder dividends?

Or what about the environment and the impact that workplaces have on the environment? What is fair about companies not reducing their environmental impact in order to increase the returns for stockholder? How fair is that for the communities that bear brunt of the environmental impact workplaces have on them?
All this vague talk about economic fairness is only mentioned in the context of economic equality as if that is the only concern economic fairness runs into. There is wealth disparity, which is not the same as economic equality, poverty wages and business's dependence on government assistance, community investments in infrastructure for workplaces which makes communities more dependent on these same workplaces to maintain that infrastructure, and there is the environmental impact that company workplaces have on communities all of which relates directly on economic fairness especially when stockholder interests compete with these concerns.


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To Joe Carter and his blogpost praising Walmart for helping the poor. This appeared in the Acton blog.

And yet, one word that seems to escape Carter's description of Walmart is the word 'tradeoff.' For example, the choices for shoppers increased with the introduction of a Walmart into a small town as they would with any town. But what about Walmart's choice of vendors for its own products? Do the workers for Walmart's vendors get paid living wages? How many Walmart vendors offshore at least some of their work? And what about Walmart's workers? We should note that its low wage workers cost the public billions of dollars in public assistance (see https://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2014/04/15/report-walmart-workers-cost-taxpayers-6-2-billion-in-public-assistance/#994d091720b7  ). Now the question becomes whether what Walmart paid in taxes fully pays for the pubic assistance that its workers rely on? If not, how is it that Walmart is not cheating the public by paying its low wag workers such low salaries and wages? And what about the mom and pop stores that Walmart drives out of business in more populated areas?

All too often cases are made by filtering the evidence. In this case, the only data looked at to consider Walmart's worth was that which made Walmart look good. However, in the business world, no product or, in this case, company, comes without tradeoffs. So why is it that Carter did not bring up the tradeoffs that occur with the operation of Walmart stores?


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To Joseph Mussomeli and his blogpost on whether Russia is enemy or a friend. This appeared in the Imaginative Conservative blog.

This article started strongly. It attempted to balance the polar views of Russia. It also mentioned how Russia is not alone in some of its deeds. But then something went adrift. That something was the defense of America's moral superiority to Russia.

We should note that insisting on the moral superiority of America despite its faults still allows us to adopt the role of the pharisee from Jesus's parable of the two men praying. But it does so with a twist. For while the pharisee from the parable proclaimed his own righteousness in absolute terms, insisting on America's moral superiority to Russia while admitting to having our own flaws is to play the role of the pharisee only in relative terms. "Compared to Russia, we are righteous" is the sentiment expressed here. Such a sentiment allows us to minimize our own faults by sweeping them under the carpet of a bigger sinner than us.

As for Russia, it has a history of changing the facade of its authoritarianism. The Tsars were followed by Lenin and Stalin. And while Gorbachev started to reduce the government's use of authoritarianism, Yeltsin and Putin reestablished that authoritarianism. In the US, we have built our society on the model that comes from the Hunger Games movie series. We have the Capitol being served by the districts. And we prefer to judge our nation by looking at the Capitol only. But that means that for those from the districts to claim any significance, they must do so vicariously by pointing to the Capitol. For example, how many times have conservatives defended the pre-Obamacare healthcare in our nation by pointing out that people from other nations come to America in order to be treated for serious illnesses without mentioning that most of those who come here for that purpose are wealthy? What those same conservatives did not point out were the outcomes for many not so well off Americans or that healthcare costs was the number 1 reason for personal bankruptcy.

We should also note what was not mentioned in the above article was when the US was entertaining the idea of introducing missile defense bases in nations that bordered Russia, several high Russian military officials threatened the introduction of such bases with the use of tactical nuclear weapons. We should note something else that the above article doesn't: that the introduction of our missile defense bases posed a significant threat to Russia's nuclear deterrence.

The point being that there is too much evil on both sides to want to claim who is morally superior. When there is enough evil on both sides, it is imperative for the people on each side to take the evils of their own nation seriously by trying to eliminate them instead of minimizing those evils by pointing fingers at other nations.




 

ONIM For April 20, 2015

Christian News

• Conservative Anglicans Poised For 'Leap Forward,' Deny Schism -- Christian Today (UK)
• Pakistan: Gunmen Open Fire At Catholic School In Lahore -- Christian Today (UK)
• Bishop Of London Warns Of Global 'Peril' Caused By Environment, Poverty And Conflict -- Christian Today (UK)
• Not The Christian Zionism You're Thinking Of -- Christianity Today
• Finding My Place In The Gospel Coalition -- Christianity Today
• One Last Thing: The Christian Porn Secret -- Christianity Today
• 'Like A Good Neighbor' Jesus Is There -- The Christian Post
• A Millenial's March For Marriage -- The Christian Post
• No. Carolina House Approves Bill To Put Billy Graham Statue In US Capitol -- The Christian Post
• What Is Freedom Of Religion -- Veterans For Peace
• New Episcopal Church Calls For Divestment From Israeli Occupation -- Mondoweiss

World News

• Ted Cruz  Launches Senate Fight To Auction Off America's Public Lands -- Climate Progress
• Investors Chip In As Renewables Rise Toward Record Level -- Truthdig
• United States Forest Service Investigates Expired Nestle Water Permit -- ABC7 News
• First Florida, Now Wisconsin, Ban The Words 'Climate Change' -- BuzzFlash
• Scientists Have Found A 10 Million Gallon 'Bath Mat' Of Oil On The Floor Of The Gulf Of Mexico -- Business Insider
• Police Investigating 'Homicide' Of 10-Year-Old Minnesota Boy -- Yahoo News
• Correction: Killings By Police--Oklahoma Story -- Yahoo News
• A Nation's Shame: Trillions In New Wealth, Millions Of Children In Poverty -- BuzzFlash
• Nearly 50 Aid Agencies Charge International Community Failing People Of Gaza -- Common Dreams
• Judge Permits Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon -- Mining Awareness Plus
• What Sanctions? The Russian Economy Is Growing Again -- Newsweek
• Video: Arizona Officer Rams Police Cruiser Into Suspect -- Yahoo News
• Obama Pleads With Jewish Groups To Back Iran Deal -- The Hill
• Assembly Republicans Reject Anti-Discrimination Resolution -- WKOW
• Student Groups Clash Over Politics Of Israel And Palestine -- The Wesleyan Argus
• You Are Paying Billions Because McDonald's And Walmart Won't -- Gawker.com
• Ben Carson To Launch Presidential Bid On May 4 -- MSNBC
• Iraq: ISIS Escapes  Describe Systematic Rape -- Human Rights Watch
• Report Shows US Invasion, Occupation Of Iraq Left 1 Million Dead -- Truthout
• Former Philadelphia Police Officer: 'I Planted Drugs Too Many Times To Count' -- Daily Kos
• Former Prosecutor Says Cops Planting Guns On People They Shoot Is 'Standard Operating Procedure' -- Counter Current News
• 'Thousands' Of Israeli Arab Homes Threatened With Demolition -- Yahoo News
• Frequently Asked Questions About Upcoming Marriage Equality Case At The U.S. Supreme Court -- Human Rights Campaign
• Warren Blasts Government For Ignoring 'Blatant Criminal Activity' On Wall Street -- Common Dreams
• Police Report Sharp Increase In Religious And Race Crimes In London -- Christian Today (UK)

Pick(s) Of The Litter

• Goldman Sachs CEO: Entitlements Must Be Contained -- CBS Evening News
• Noam Chomsky: America Hates Its Poor -- Salon
• In Landmark Case, Dutch Citizens Sue Their Government Over Failure To Act On Climate Change -- Climate Progress
• 27,000 Oil And Gas Wells Abandoned In Gulf Of Mexico Ignored By Government, Industry -- The Times Picayune
• After Walmart And Fast Food, Labor Activists Target Big Banks -- Aljazeera
• Railroading Racism: Warren Buffet Vs Northwest Indians -- Intercontinental Cry
• Ethiopians 'Tortured, Oppressed And Silenced' Into Surrendering Land To Foreign Investors -- Truthdig 

ONIM For December 22, 2014

Christian News

• Christianity Under Fire Here At Home -- Newsmax
• A Christmas Survival Guide -- Christian Today (UK)
• Testimony: How I Found Faith Through The Nativity Story -- Christian Today (UK)
• Justin Welby: The Only Certainty In Life Is Christ -- Christian Today (UK)
• What Forgotten Christmas Tradition Should Churches Revive -- Christianity Today
• 150 Million Bible Readers Were Searching For Love Most In 2014 -- Christianity Today
• India Intervenes On Christmas Conversion Of Thousands Of Christians To Hinduism -- Christianity Today
• 'American Church Is Addicted To Personal Peace, Comfort, And Affluence' Says US Pastor In Iraq Hoping To Engage Islamic State -- The Christian Post
• American Nuns And The Vatican: More Pain Than Promise -- Religion Dispatches
• Can Religion Professors Save The Planet -- Religion Dispatches
• After Ferguson: America Must Abandon "Sick Christianity" At Ease With Violence -- Religion Dispatches

World News

• Dick Chaney Refuses To Call CIA's Brutal Interrogation Techniques 'Torture' -- Yahoo News
• It's Not The Law--But Prosecutors--That Give Immunity To Killer Cops -- Truthout
• Lakota Sioux Nation Leaves America -- White Wolf Pack
• After Police Killed John Crawford, They Threatened His Girlfriend With Jail -- Yahoo News
• Police Altering Tactics After Killings, Protests -- Yahoo News
• Pakistan Taliban: Peshawar School Attack Leaves 141 Dead -- BBC
• Walmart Must Pay $188 Million In Workers' Class Action -- The Chicago Tribune
• Bush 'Intimately Involved' With CIA Torture, Says Rove -- Common Dreams
• Obama Will Sign Russian Sanctions Bill Despite Reservations -- BBC
• Wall Street Firm Where Chris Christie's Wife Works Is Pulling In New Jersey Pension Fees -- The Daily Kos
• New York Bans Fracking After Health Report -- Reuters
• Opponents Call For Putin's Exit As Russia Slides Into Crisis -- Reuters
• Chevron Cancels Canadian Arctic Drilling As Oil Prices Slide -- Reuters
• 6 Freedom Owners, Managers, Employees Charged; Company Takes Plea Deal With Feds -- The Charlestown Gazette
• Iran Unveils A Memorial Honoring Jewish Heroes -- The Washington Post
• The CIA Just Didn't Torture, It Experimented On Human Beings -- The Nation
• DeBlasio Fights For The Right To Mass Arrest Peaceful Protesters -- The Gothamist
• Pennsylvania Town Poised To Make All Public Schools For-Profit Charters -- Aljazeera
• Obamacare Counselor: "On The Surface, People Have Choices. But It's A Complete Farce" -- In These Times
• Hurricane Sandy Victims Will Get Cash For Rent From City's Build It Back Program -- New York Daily News
• The NYPD Beats A Black Male -- Refinery 29
• Dumping The South? -- ZNet
• Paris Wants To Keep Central Neighborhoods From Becoming 'Ghettos For The Rich' -- Citylab

Pick(s) Of The Litter

• Naked Capitalism: The Attack On Pensions -- Seniors For A Democratic Society
• Rev. Edward Pinkney Imprisoned For Fighting The Whirlpool Corporation -- Truthout
• Learning To Leave The Planet Gracefully -- Waging NonViolence
• Angela Davis: There Is An Unbroken Line Of Police Violence In The US That Takes Us Back To Black Slavery -- Films For Action
• "Can We Save Our Democracy And History?" -- ZVideo
• Samah Jabr: The 'Invisible Damage' Of Life Under The Occupation -- Middle East Monitor
• Two NYPD Officers Killed In Ambush-Style Shooting -- USA Today
  

ONIM For October 13, 2014

Christian News

• The 10 Best Evidences Of Science That Confirm A Young Earth -- Answers Magazine
• Bart Campolo, Humanist Chaplain, On The Moment He 'Came Out' Humanist To His Famous Evangelical Father -- Huffington Post
• New Jersey Nun Is The First Would-Be Saint Beatified In The United States -- Huffington Post
• Former Bishop Of Hong Kong: 'We Must Fight Now Before It's Too Late' -- Christian Today (UK)
• Linda Woodhead: The Church Of England Is On Its Last Chance -- Christian Today (UK)
• Mass Exodus For Mars Hill Pastors Who Criticised Mark Driscoll's Leadership -- Christian Today (UK)
• Intervarsity's Plan For A Culturally Diverse Staff -- Christianity Today
• CCCU Settles Lawsuit With Fired Former President -- Christianity Today
• Airstrikes Alone Cannot Defeat ISIS; Christians In Syria Facing Possible Genocide, Warns American Professor And Author -- The Christian Post
• What 19th Century Marriage Controversies Can Tell Us About The Fight over Gay Marriage -- Religion Dispatches
• Pope Calls Out "Bad Shepherds" As Conservatives Prepare To Fight Change -- Religion Dispatches

World News

• Iraq, Afghanistan Wars Will Cost U.S. 4-6 Trillion Dollars: Report -- Inter Press Service
• White House Jabs Netanyahu Over 'American Values' Critique -- Yahoo News
• High Court Refuses To Rule--And Gives Tacit Victory--On Same-Sex Marriage -- CNN
• In The Medical Response To Ebola, Cuba Is Punching Far Above Its Weight -- The Washington Post
• Is Israel Guilty Of Genocide In Its Assault On Gaza? -- The Nation
• Cornell West Calls Obama The 'Black Face Of The American Empire -- RT
• Seattle Changes Columbus Day To Indigenous Peoples' Day -- Time
• Spanish Nurse First To Contract Ebola Outside West Africa -- The World Post
• Adam Hanieh On The Gulf States, Neoliberalism And Liberation In The Middle East -- RS 21
• How To Spot A Communist Using Literary Criticism: A 1955 Manual From The U.S. Military -- Open Culture
• Judge Stops Ferguson Police's 'Five Second Rule' -- Popular Resistance
• Turkey: Syrian Town About To Fall To Jihadists -- ABC News
• Taner Akcam Cancels Visit To University Of Illinois Because Of Salaita Boycott -- Days And Memory
• New Consumer Reports' Tests Find GMOs In Many Packaged Foods--Including Those Labeled 'Natural' -- Prevention
• Israeli Shell Game: Aid Meant For Israeli Towns Affected By Gaza War Sent To Illegal Settlements Instead -- Mondoweiss
• A Men-Only UN Conference On Gender Equality? If Only It Was A Joke -- The Guardian
• Walmart Cuts Health Benefits For Some Part-Timers -- ABC News
• Report: New York Governor's Office Altered And Delayed Fracking Study -- Climate Progress
• Hard Choices: Hillary Clinton Admits Role In Honduran Coup Aftermath -- Aljazeera
• Chicago University Latest To Investigate Students Over Palestinian Activism -- Electronic Intifada
• Sweden To Recognize State Of Palestine -- Yahoo News
• How The World Health Organisation Covered Up Iraq's Nuclear Nightmare -- The Guardian

Pick(s) Of The Litter

• Why Bill Mahr And Ben Affleck Are Both Wrong -- Huffington Post
• Toxic Legacy Of US Assault On Fallujah 'Worse Than Hiroshima' -- The Independent
• Chomsky: US Spawned A Fundamentalist Frankenstein In The Middle East -- Alternet
• Sick Of This Market Driven World? You Should Be -- The Guardian
  
  

Comments Which Conservatives Block From Their Blogs For October 1, 2014

Sept 30

To the Red State Diary member bb1776 and his diary entry on how liberalism makes it difficult to see reality. This appeared in the Red States Website

Obama may have initially underestimated ISIS, but he couldn't be accused of having an unrealistic worldview by conservative standards. After all, he is bombing more countries than Bush did, supports Egypt's military government as his predecessors did, still enables the Occupation and sells Israel weapons as his predecessors did, and has exceeded all of his predecessors combined in prosecuting whistleblowers. 

BTW, why is Netanyahu a model here? After all, who would have thought that Occupation, occasional military invasions, and stealing land would invite a negative response? Netanyahu did.

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To Joe Carter and his blogpost on Walmart helping the poor by helping the unbanked. This appeared in the Acton Blog.

To report on the banking services Walmart provides is good. However, how many American jobs have been lost to the requirements Walmart places on its vendors? How many employees work under sweatshop conditions to provide goods sold at Walmart? How many Walmart employees receive gov't assistance in order to live? And how many smaller stores has Walmart put out of business? These question are just a few that need to be answered before we can claim that Walmart has helped poor communities more than other ventures? Btw, what kind of bar has been set when comparing Walmart to for-profit ventures?

Comments Which Conservatives Block From Their Blogs For June 18, 2014

The comments below have been blocked from the blogs listed with them either on a comment by comment basis or because I have been blacklisted from the blog. Please read the accompanying links in order to fully understand the comments made.


June 5

To R. Scott Clark and his blogpost defending tribalism. This appeared on the Heidelblog.


Shouldn't we define tribalism prior to attacking/defending it?

In addition, isn't a measure of following Jesus showing love to those outside the tribe since the heathen love their own?

And isn't the NT version of being separate from the world being different  in the way Jesus commands us to be different?

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To Joe Carter and his blogpost criticizing NYC Council for requesting that Walmart not give to charities in NYC. THis appeared in the Acton blog


Perhaps we should also note the negative effects that businesses like Walmart and some fast food businesses have on both our society and economy. Rather than comment, the two links below allow the reader to read for themselves. Please note the source of these articles.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-13/how-mcdonald-s-and-wal-mart-became-welfare-queens.html

http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2014/04/15/report-walmart-workers-cost-taxpayers-6-2-billion-in-public-assistance/

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June 14

To Jonathan Witt and his blogpost, the first in a series of 12, on the cultural case for Capitalism. This appeared in the Acton blog.


To say that the alternatives to Capitalism have been exhausted by the small list of examples here is disingenuous. Even to contrast Capitalism with highly organized economies is to say something about Capitalism that is not bearing true in real life.

But if Capitalism is to merit continued employment by our society and the world, we want to check to see if it is giving us what we want. Marx said the following about the bourgeoisie and this applies to the free market that depends on self-interest to both energize and correct itself:

[the bourgeoisie] has left no other nexus between man and man than naked self-interest, callous cash payment.

Seeing that the Scriptures talk about the "love of money" being the "root of all kinds of evil." And seeing how our world is being torn asunder by wars for resources, the destruction of the environment, and the exploitation of people, all in order to increase the ROI of the privileged. To the extent that what the Scriptures and Marx said as well the degree to which we are endangering our future and hurting others, wouldn't it be prudent to consider alternatives to Capitalism?

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June 17

To Erick Erickson and his blogpost about the priority that principles should have over profits. This appeared on the redstate.com blog


It isn't just principle over profits. Such a slogan suggests that the principles don't reconsideration. I find some of the conservative principles to be too unbalanced to use in any slogan.

ONIM For Dec 2, 2013

Christian News

• Milibrand Urges Christians To Engage With Politics -- Christian Today (UK)
• European Parliament Hears Concerns About Christians In Middle East -- Christian Today (UK)
• International Community Must Take Action To Protect Minorities -- Christian Today (UK)
• Syria's Refugee Crisis Worst Since Rwanda Genocide -- Christianity Today
•  Things Broke People Do -- Christianity Today
• Controlling Spouse Assessment And Evaluation -- The Christian Post
• Should Public Prayers Be Censored By NonChristian Groups -- The Christian Post
• Manhattan-Bound Train Derails In Bronx -- The Christian Post
• New Study: Three-Quarters Of American Giving Going To Religion -- Religion Dispatches
• Yes, It's Worse To Be Gay In Russia -- Religion Dispatches

World News

• Reverend Billy Faces A Year In Jail For Protesting JP Morgan Chase's Financing Of Fossil Fuels -- Democracy Now
• 3,200 Serving Life Without Parole For Nonviolent Crimes -- Democracy Now
• Tear Gas, Stones, Clashes In Cairo Amid New Anti-protest Law -- RT News
• Honduran Election Results Contested By International Observers -- North American Congress On Latin America
• Britons Protest Israel Plan To Remove 70,000 Palestinian Bedouins -- The Guardian
• Black Friday Protests Demand Improved Conditions From Walmart -- The Guardian
• Activists Are Arrested Protesting Walmart's Low Wages -- The Nation
• Iran Reaches Nuclear Deal With World Leaders -- CNN
• Israel's New Focus On The Iran Nuclear Deal -- The Guardian
• Egypt's Counter-Revolution: 21 Women And Girls Harshly Sentenced, Liberal Bloggers To Be Arrested -- ZNet
• Courageous Boeing Workers Say No To Corporate Extortion -- ZNet
• Strong, Dangerous Earthquake Strikes Volcanic Region Of Congo -- Extinction Protocol
• New, Aggressive HIV Strain Causes AIDS Faster -- Extinction Protocol

Most Important Story (or Pick Of The Litter)

• Noam Chomsky: America Hates Its Poor -- Alternet

ONIM For Nov 11, 2013

Christian News

• Thousands Of Cyclone Phailin Victims Homeless And Destitute -- Christian Today (UK)
• Syrian Refugees Facing Harshest Winter In Years -- Christian Today (UK)
• Billy Graham's Last Message To The American People -- Christian Today (UK)
• Evangelist Brings Old-Time Gospel Back To America -- Christianity Today
• Churches Ban Political Campaigns After Stampede Kills Dozens At Prayer Vigil -- Christianity Today
• NYC Church Planter: Young Urban Professionals Don't See Church As Relevant To Their Lives -- The Christian Post
• 4 Biblical Views For Parents Who Model Christ To Their Teens -- The Christian Post
• Will Immigration Reform Die In The House -- The Christian Post
• The "One True Christian" Of His Age -- Religion Dispatches
• Goliath The Israel Slayer: Why Max Blumenthal's Book Is A Painful Read -- Religion Dispatches

World News

• Russian Oppositional Artist And Political Prisoner Has Not Been Heard From In 2 weeks -- Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
• CIA Made Doctors Torture Suspected Terrorists After 9/11, Doctors Find -- The Guardian
• Socialism In One Village -- Jacobin
• The High Public Cost Of Fast-Food Jobs -- Facing South
• Largest Civil Disobedience In Walmart History Leads To More Than 50 Arrests -- Huffington Post
• The Mutilated Economy -- New York Times
• Bulgarian Universities In Chaos As Students Occupy 15 Campuses In Anti-Government Protest -- The Independent
• Judge: Idaho Occupy Rules Unconstitutional -- Popular Resistance 
• Stop And Frisk Judge Fights Back Against Court Of Appeals -- Popular Resistance
• Greek Police Raid Occupied And Worker-run TV Station -- Roar Magazine
• Philippine Typhoon Kills At Least 10,000 -- Extinction Protocol
• NASA Stunned To Find Unusual Asteroid With Six Comet Tails -- Extinction Protocol
• The Debtor's War: A Modern Greek Tragedy -- Occupy Wall Street
• Venezuela Arrests Looters, Store Bosses In 'Economic War' -- Reuters