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Thom Hartmann: Why Fox News has the Right to Lie to Us |
| Uploaded by TheBigPictureRT on 25 Jul 2011 Ever wonder why it is that Fox News can lie over and over again - yet continue to call itself |
| Date: 2011-07-25 15:59:08 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 864 - Votes: 14 - Rating: 5 |
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Comedian Lee Camp: Stealing Water From Children & Other Good Business Practices [Warning: Extreme language] |
| Uploaded by LeeCamp2 on 19 Jul 2011 Is being unethical bad for business? Unethical corporations never achieve much, right? ...Right? ...Hello? - The MOC podcast is available at www.leecamp.net/Moment-of-Clarity |
| Date: 2011-07-25 10:46:43 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 861 - Votes: 6 - Rating: 5 |
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With $42 billion and seven homes, why are the Kochs buying our democracy? |
| Uploaded by bravenewfoundation on 4 May 2011 Charles and David Koch are worth $42 billion and make $13 million every day while vulnerable Americans struggle to afford shelter and groceries. Meet three Florida seniors who rely on Social Security and are fighting back against the Koch brothers attempt to make them homeless. They told the Kochs what's on their minds. What would you tell the Kochs? Have your say at http://kochbrothersexposed.com |
| Date: 2011-07-25 10:36:41 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 847 - Votes: 4 - Rating: 5 |
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War and flooding hits Pakistan tourist spot |
| Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on 24 Jul 2011 War and floods devastate Swat Valley economy Once a popular tourist destination, war and flooding have had a devastating impact on the local economy of the Swat Valley. The banks of the river Swat were once crowded with people, but now only local boys are seen drawing crowds with their acrobatic stunts. Al Jazeera's Kamal Hyder reports from the Swat Valley. |
| Date: 2011-07-25 08:48:26 - Added by: KMC |
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Roseanne Barr is on a mission [Pt 1] |
| Uploaded by JimmyKimmelLive on 18 Jul 2011 Jimmy Kimmel Live - The first part of Jimmy's interview with Roseanne Barr |
| Date: 2011-07-25 07:54:17 - Added by: KMC |
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Roseanne Barr is on a mission [Pt 2] |
| Uploaded by JimmyKimmelLive on 18 Jul 2011 Jimmy Kimmel Live - The second part of Jimmy's interview with Roseanne Barr SEE Pt 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXWixHFFfTY&feature=relmfu |
| Date: 2011-07-25 06:58:09 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 825 - Votes: 5 - Rating: 5 |
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Horn of Africa Severe Famine Due to Deadly Cocktail of War, Climate Change, Neoliberalism |
| Uploaded by democracynow on 22 Jul 2011 DemocracyNow.org - The United Nations has called an emergency meeting to discuss the Horn of Africa drought, which it says has already claimed tens of thousands of lives. Famine was declared in two regions of Somalia on Wednesday where 3.7 million people are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. Another 8 million people need food assistance in neighboring countries including Kenya and Ethiopia. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls the situation a "catastrophic combination of conflict, high food prices and drought" and has appealed for immediate aid. Democracy Now! interviews Kiki Gbeho, country head in Somalia for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, by telephone in Nairobi. In New York, Democracy Now! talks to Christian Parenti, author of "Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence." " This was predicted long ago by people on the ground," Parenti says. "It is a combination of war, climate change and very bad policy, particularly an embrace of radical free-market by regional governments that mean the withdrawal of support for pastoralists, the type of people you saw with their dead cattle." |
| Date: 2011-07-25 06:20:54 - Added by: KMC |
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Michael Hudson: GOP Cries Wolf on Debt Ceiling In Order To Impose Radical Pro-Rich Agenda |
| Uploaded by democracynow on 22 Jul 2011 DemocracyNow.org - President Obama and Republican House speaker John Boehner are allegedly close to a $3 trillion deficit-reduction package as part of a deal to raise the federal debt ceiling before an Aug. 2 deadline. But the deal is coming under fire from both Congressional Democrats and Republicans — part of it calls for lowering personal and corporate income tax rates, while eliminating or reducing an array of popular tax breaks, such as the deduction for home mortgage interest. Some Democratic lawmakers expressed outrage on Thursday because the Obama-Boehner agreement appears to violate their pledge not to cut Social Security and Medicare benefits as well as Obama's promise not to make deep cuts in programs for the poor without extracting some tax concessions from the rich. Democracy Now! interviews economist Michael Hudson, President of the Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends, a Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, and author of "Super-Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire." |
| Date: 2011-07-25 05:56:14 - Added by: KMC |
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Does Disney Have This Tiger's Blood on its Hands? |
| From Mother Jones: Sumatran tigers are having a tough time. Because of habitat loss in the Indonesian rainforest, this big Asian cat is among the most endangered species in the world: Only 400 of them are left in the wild. The major force driving the clear-cutting around their home is Asia Pulp & Paper, a vast paper company that wields a lot of power: Its clients include Disney and several toy companies. Earlier this month, in Riau, Indonesia, one of the tigers stumbled into a snare set by villagers who wanted to catch pigs. When Indonesian conservationists learned of the situation a few days later, they sent in a rescue team to free the tiger, who by that point was badly wounded. Watch the video to see what happens. More From Mother Jones: VIDEO: Sumatran Tiger Killed in Pig Trap — By Kiera Butler | Mon Jul. 25, 2011 2:30 AM PDT Sumatran tigers are having a tough time. Because of habitat loss in the Indonesian rainforest, this big Asian cat is among the most endangered species in the world: Only 400 of them are left in the wild. (There's some incredible footage of them here.) The major force driving the clear-cutting around their home is Asia Pulp & Paper, a vast paper company that wields a lot of power; its clients include Disney and several major toy manufacturers. Earlier this month, in Riau, Indonesia, one of the 400 tigers stumbled into a snare set by villagers who wanted to catch pigs. When Indonesian conservationists learned of the situation a few days later, they sent in a rescue team to free the tiger, which by that point was badly wounded. Watch the video (footage courtesy of Greenpeace; edited by my MoJo colleague Jen Quraishi) to see what happens. Warning: The video is fairly graphic. Advertise on MotherJones.com According to zoologist Tom Maddox, country coordinator for Indonesia at the Zoological Society of London, Indonesia has lost 40 percent of its forest cover in the last 50 years. The deforestation has been particularly intense in the last decade: Between 2000 and 2005, loggers cleared an area the size of Portugal. Today, roads slice through the few remaining places where tigers live, meaning tiger-human conflicts are increasingly common. The villagers who set the pig trap didn't mean to ensnare a tiger, but because of clear-cutting, they could easily reach the formerly remote corners of the forest that used to belong to the tigers. Asia Pulp & Paper, which logs regularly in the area in Riau where the tiger was trapped, has come under fire for its habitat-destroying practices. In turn, American companies that buy from APP have been criticized for doing business with APP. The outcry has yielded some positive changes: Last month, as a result of a Greenpeace campaign, Mattel promised to stop buying from APP. Disney, on the other hand, issued this statement last week: |
| Date: 2011-07-25 05:23:59 - Added by: KMC |
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'Anonymous' hackers target NATO |
| Published on 22 Jul 2011 by Euronews The group of computer hackers famous for its support of Wikileaks claims to have breached security at NATO and accessed a bank of restricted data. Anonymous says it has around one gigabyte of data, but claims it would be irresponsible to publish most of it. A NATO official confirmed that the hack had taken place and said an investigation was underway. Anonymous is a loose collective of hackers that has admitted being behind attacks against corporate and government websites worldwide. |
| Date: 2011-07-25 05:19:51 - Added by: KMC |
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