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Countdown with Keith ...: Worst Persons: Roger Ailes, Jan Brewer & Sherry Lanford Smith |
| Published on 24 Aug 2011 by Current Find out why Roger Ailes from "Fixed" News is WORSE, Gov. Jan Brewer from Arizona is WORSER, and Tea Party chair Sherry Lanford Smith is the WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD for August 23, 2011. |
| Date: 25 August 2011 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 889 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 |
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Raw Video: Hurricane Irene Pounds Bahamas |
| Published on 25 Aug 2011 by AssociatedPress Hurricane Irene is pounding the northwestern Bahamas on its march across the Caribbean toward the U.S. East Coast. (Aug. 25) |
| Date: 25 August 2011 - Added by: KMC |
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More Fighting Despite Libyan Rebel Celebrations |
| Published on 25 Aug 2011 by AssociatedPress Fighting was erupting in Tripoli and elsewhere across Libya despite rebels celebrating their advances. Long-time leader Moammar Gadhafi remained hidden despite a reward offer and NATO assisting his opponents to find him. (25 August 2011) |
| Date: 25 August 2011 - Added by: KMC |
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Matt Taibbi: Is the SEC Covering Up Wall Street Crimes? |
| Uploaded by democracynow on 23 Aug 2011 DemocracyNow.org - An explosive new report in Rolling Stone magazine exposes how the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission destroyed records of thousands of investigations, whitewashing the files of some of the nation's largest banks and hedge funds, including AIG, Wells Fargo, Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and top Wall Street broker Bernard Madoff. Last week, Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa said an agency whistleblower had sent him a letter detailing the unlawful destruction of records detailing more than 9,000 information investigations. Democracy Now! speaks with Matt Taibbi, the political reporter for Rolling Stone magazine who broke this story in his latest article, "Is the SEC Covering Up Wall Street Crimes?" |
| Date: 25 August 2011 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 841 - Votes: 3 - Rating: 5 |
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When Titans Talk To Dummies: Multi-millionaire Harvey Golub resents Warren Buffet and Obama Pt 2 |
| Uploaded by MockTheDummy1 on 25 Aug 2011 Harvey Golub, as a dummy, resents Warren Buffet and Obama and argues that the tax system is unfair to mega millionaires in his Wall Street Journal Op Ed. Part two of three. The Wall Street Journal op ed by Golub: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903639404576516724218259688.html Part one: http://mockthedummy.com/2011/08/23/when-titans-talk-to-dummies/ Part two full script: http://mockthedummy.com/2011/08/25/when-titans-talk-to-dummies-part-2/ |
| Date: 25 August 2011 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 881 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 3.5 |
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Communism, Capitalism & Choice: Does our preoccupation with consumer choice obstruct social change? |
| Uploaded by theRSAorg on 16 Jun 2011 In this new RSAnimate, Professor Renata Salecl explores the paralysing anxiety and dissatisfaction surrounding limitless choice. Does the freedom to be the architects of our own lives actually hinder rather than help us? Does our preoccupation with choosing and consuming actually obstruct social change? Taken from the RSA's free public events programme www.thersa.org/events |
| Date: 25 August 2011 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 813 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 |
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Margot Kidder: Why I Joined the Tar Sands Action |
| Uploaded by StopKeystoneXL on 23 Aug 2011 http://www.tarsandsaction.org/ |
| Date: 24 August 2011 - Added by: KMC |
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Tantoo Cardinal: Why I Joined the Tar Sands Action |
| Uploaded by StopKeystoneXL on 23 Aug 2011 http://www.tarsandsaction.org/ |
| Date: 24 August 2011 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 824 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 |
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Remembering Canadian socialist Jack Layton, Leader of the New Democratic Party |
| Uploaded by 22MinutesSeason19 on 22 Aug 2011 Through the years, 22 Minutes had the privilege to feature Jack Layton many times. Here's a look back at some of our favourite moments with Jack. Open letter from Jack Layton to Canadians: Jack Layton, MP, Député Toronto – Danforth Leader of the Official Opposition/Chef de l'Opposition officielle Leader, New Democratic Party/Chef, Nouveau Parti démocratique August 20, 2011 Toronto, Ontario Dear Friends, Tens of thousands of Canadians have written to me in recent weeks to wish me well. I want to thank each and every one of you for your thoughtful, inspiring and often beautiful notes, cards and gifts. Your spirit and love have lit up my home, my spirit, and my determination. Unfortunately my treatment has not worked out as I hoped. So I am giving this letter to my partner Olivia to share with you in the circumstance in which I cannot continue. I recommend that Hull-Aylmer MP Nycole Turmel continue her work as our interim leader until a permanent successor is elected. I recommend the party hold a leadership vote as early as possible in the New Year, on approximately the same timelines as in 2003, so that our new leader has ample time to reconsolidate our team, renew our party and our program, and move forward towards the next election. A few additional thoughts: To other Canadians who are on journeys to defeat cancer and to live their lives, I say this: please don’t be discouraged that my own journey hasn’t gone as well as I had hoped. You must not lose your own hope. Treatments and therapies have never been better in the face of this disease. You have every reason to be optimistic, determined, and focused on the future. My only other advice is to cherish every moment with those you love at every stage of your journey, as I have done this summer. To the members of my party: we’ve done remarkable things together in the past eight years. It has been a privilege to lead the New Democratic Party and I am most grateful for your confidence, your support, and the endless hours of volunteer commitment you have devoted to our cause. There will be those who will try to persuade you to give up our cause. But that cause is much bigger than any one leader. Answer them by recommitting with energy and determination to our work. Remember our proud history of social justice, universal health care, public pensions and making sure no one is left behind. Let’s continue to move forward. Let’s demonstrate in everything we do in the four years before us that we are ready to serve our beloved Canada as its next government. To the members of our parliamentary caucus: I have been privileged to work with each and every one of you. Our caucus meetings were always the highlight of my week. It has been my role to ask a great deal from you. And now I am going to do so again. Canadians will be closely watching you in the months to come. Colleagues, I know you will make the tens of thousands of members of our party proud of you by demonstrating the same seamless teamwork and solidarity that has earned us the confidence of millions of Canadians in the recent election. 2 To my fellow Quebecers: On May 2nd, you made an historic decision. You decided that the way to replace Canada’s Conservative federal government with something better was by working together in partnership with progressive-minded Canadians across the country. You made the right decision then; it is still the right decision today; and it will be the right decision right through to the next election, when we will succeed, together. You have elected a superb team of New Democrats to Parliament. They are going to be doing remarkable things in the years to come to make this country better for us all. To young Canadians: All my life I have worked to make things better. Hope and optimism have defined my political career, and I continue to be hopeful and optimistic about Canada. Young people have been a great source of inspiration for me. I have met and talked with so many of you about your dreams, your frustrations, and your ideas for change. More and more, you are engaging in politics because you want to change things for the better. Many of you have placed your trust in our party. As my time in political life draws to a close I want to share with you my belief in your power to change this country and this world. There are great challenges before you, from the overwhelming nature of climate change to the unfairness of an economy that excludes so many from our collective wealth, and the changes necessary to build a more inclusive and generous Canada. I believe in you. Your energy, your vision, your passion for justice are exactly what this country needs today. You need to be at the heart of our economy, our political life, and our plans for the present and the future. And finally, to all Canadians: Canada is a great country, one of the hopes of the world. We can be a better one – a country of greater equality, justice, and opportunity. We can build a prosperous economy and a society that shares its benefits more fairly. We can look after our seniors. We can offer better futures for our children. We can do our part to save the world’s environment. We can restore our good name in the world. We can do all of these things because we finally have a party system at the national level where there are real choices; where your vote matters; where working for change can actually bring about change. In the months and years to come, New Democrats will put a compelling new alternative to you. My colleagues in our party are an impressive, committed team. Give them a careful hearing; consider the alternatives; and consider that we can be a better, fairer, more equal country by working together. Don’t let them tell you it can’t be done. My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world. All my very best, Jack Layton |
| Date: 24 August 2011 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 863 - Votes: 4 - Rating: 5 |
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Countdown with Keith ...: Age of Greed author Jeff Madrick on the GOP's War on the Poor |
| Published on 24 Aug 2011 by Current Keith discusses the sophistry at the heart of the GOP's latest front in their "war on the poor" with economist Jeff Madrick, Senior Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute and author of the aptly titled book, "Age of Greed." |
| Date: 24 August 2011 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 833 - Votes: 6 - Rating: 5 |
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