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  • September 6, 2010

Antidotes

Petraeus condemns Florida church’s plan to burn Korans

September 6, 2010
By Jules Siegel

By Julian E. Barnes and Matthew Rosen­berg (WSJ) KABUL—The top U.S. com­man­der in Afghanistan said the planned burn­ing of Qurans on Sept. 11 by a Florida church could put the lives of Amer­i­can troops in dan­ger and dam­age the war effort. Gen. David Petraeus said the Tal­iban would exploit the demon­stra­tion for pro­pa­ganda pur­poses,...
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New study shows immigrants boost wages and productivity

September 4, 2010
By Jules Siegel

By Andrea Christina Nill (LAPro­gres­sive) Tues­day, the Fed­eral Reserve Bank of San Fran­cisco released a report essen­tially debunk­ing the right wing myth that immi­grants steal jobs from U.S. cit­i­zen work­ers. In fact, the study con­cluded, “immi­grants expand the U.S. economy’s pro­duc­tive capac­ity, stim­u­late invest­ment, and pro­mote spe­cial­iza­tion that in the long run boosts pro­duc­tiv­ity.”...
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From Canada to Mexico on one tank of diesel

September 3, 2010
By Jules Siegel
From Canada to Mexico on one tank of diesel

(Jalop­nik) Craig Hen­der­son drove from Blaine, Wash­ing­ton to the Mex­i­can bor­der — a dis­tance of 1,478 miles — with­out stop­ping to refuel. He burned 12.4 gal­lons for a record-​​breaking 119.1 mpg in a car he orig­i­nally designed in 1984. The Avion is a car Craig Hen­der­son orig­i­nally built with part­ner Bill Green way back in...
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The fallacy of ‘Zombie’ Japan — the U. S. should have it so good

August 30, 2010
By Jules Siegel

By Steven Hill (LA Pro­gres­sive) Dur­ing and before the cur­rent eco­nomic cri­sis, few coun­tries have been vil­i­fied as an eco­nomic bas­ket case so much as Japan: it’s been hard to find any ref­er­ence to the coun­try with­out some men­tion of its allegedly scle­rotic econ­omy, its zom­bie banks, its defla­tion and slow eco­nomic growth. This...
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Even the right doesn’t believe its own lies

August 22, 2010
By Jules Siegel

By Mark Sum­ner (Dai­lyKos) When Rush Lim­baugh blames the BP dis­as­ter on “eco-​​terrorists,” I don’t believe he really thinks this is in any sense fac­tual. When Newt Gin­grich com­pares Mus­lims to Nazis, I don’t believe he does it out of igno­rance. When Glenn Beck says that Pres­i­dent Obama will force doc­tors to per­form abor­tions...
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The rich want a better world? Try paying fair wages.

August 8, 2010
By Jules Siegel

If the rich really wish to create a better world, they can sign another pledge: to pay their taxes on time and in full; to stop lobbying against taxation and regulation; to avoid creating monopolies; to give their employees better wages, pensions, job protection and working conditions; to make goods and use production methods...
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Neighbor’s music leads man to take up air horn

August 3, 2010
By Jules Siegel

By Jeff Reinitz (Water­loo Cedar Falls Courier) Carl Herold, 62, said he was tired of con­stantly call­ing police to com­plain about the “hip­pie tunes” com­ing from across the street, so Wednes­day he got an air horn. He set up the horn on his deck fac­ing the neighbor’s home. He ran a hose to an air...
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Consumer Protection Agency nominee Elizabeth Warren talks about what’s good about capitalism

July 28, 2010
By Jules Siegel

Video James Surowiecki spoke with Elizabeth Warren, a professor at Harvard Law School and the chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), about the importance of transparency in consumer financing, the future of the regulatory system, and what’s good about capitalism.
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Angry left needs hugs and kisses

July 28, 2010
By an Editor

By Jules Siegel President Obama needs to hand out some real kisses between now and November. Addressing the Netroots Nation is not enough. He won't get rid of Rahm Emanuel (who is surely too useful in crucial ways), but he can rehabilitate Howard Dean and use his executive powers to make highly visible moves...
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‘Immigration agents’ at Netroots Nation check whites’ ID at the door

July 26, 2010
By Jules Siegel

In this video from The Daily Call, activists dressed in fake ICE agent uniforms made white people show their identification papers at the door to the Netroots Nation convention in Las Vegas while others were waved through. “All North European immigrants or people of European background must show ID,” shouted activist Will Coley as...
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Antidotes

Petraeus condemns Florida church’s plan to burn Korans

Posted by Jules Siegel

By Julian E. Barnes and Matthew Rosen­berg (WSJ) KABUL—The top U.S. com­man­der in Afghanistan said the planned burn­ing of Qurans on Sept. 11 by...
Read more »

New study shows immigrants boost wages and productivity

Posted by Jules Siegel

By Andrea Christina Nill (LAPro­gres­sive) Tues­day, the Fed­eral Reserve Bank of San Fran­cisco released a report essen­tially debunk­ing the right wing myth that immi­grants...
Read more »

From Canada to Mexico on one tank of diesel

Posted by Jules Siegel

(Jalop­nik) Craig Hen­der­son drove from Blaine, Wash­ing­ton to the Mex­i­can bor­der — a dis­tance of 1,478 miles — with­out stop­ping to refuel. He burned...
Read more »

The fallacy of ‘Zombie’ Japan — the U. S. should have it so good

Posted by Jules Siegel

By Steven Hill (LA Pro­gres­sive) Dur­ing and before the cur­rent eco­nomic cri­sis, few coun­tries have been vil­i­fied as an eco­nomic bas­ket case so much...
Read more »

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