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The Brutal Truth About America’s Healthcare
How the US health care system really measures up to England's; militia activity on the rise in the US; Dick Armey resigns from law firm over health care protests; Brazil helped US overthrow Allende; improving economy spells trouble for Republicans; Senator Jim Webb secures release of American prisoner in Myanmar; You personal information available to anyone on internet; and more ...
Sunday 16 August 2009
The Brutal Truth About America’s Healthcare
http://www.truthout.org/081609A?n
Guy Adams, The Independent UK: "They came in their thousands, queuing through the night to secure one of the coveted wristbands offering entry into a strange parallel universe where medical care is a free and basic right and not an expensive luxury. Some of these Americans had walked miles simply to have their blood pressure checked, some had slept in their cars in the hope of getting an eye-test or a mammogram, others had brought their children for immunisations that could end up saving their life. In the week that Britain's National Health Service was held aloft by Republicans as an 'evil and Orwellian' example of everything that is wrong with free healthcare, these extraordinary scenes in Inglewood, California yesterday provided a sobering reminder of exactly why President Barack Obama is trying to reform the US system."
Report: Militia Activity on the Rise in US
http://www.truthout.org/081609B?n
Arthur Bright, The Christian Science Monitor: "Right-wing militia groups are on the rise in the United States after nearly a decade of obscurity, according to a new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which monitors hate groups and extremist activity. The report, released Wednesday, warns of 'unmistakable signs of a revival of what in the 1990s was commonly called the militia movement.'"
Dick Armey Leaves Firm Amid Health Care Flap
http://www.truthout.org/081609C?n
David Mark, The Politico: "Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) is resigning from DLA Piper law firm amid a wave of negative attention his grassroots organization, Freedom Works, has drawn for helping to organize protesters at health care town hall meetings with members of Congress. In an interview with POLITCO Armey said that he was concerned about the media scrutiny the health care protests were drawing to the firm he has been associated with since retiring from Congress."
Brazil Played Role in US-Backed Overthrow of Chile's Allende, Document Shows
http://www.truthout.org/081609D?n
Andrew Zajac, The Los Angeles Times: "President Nixon's determination to eliminate the socialist government of Salvador Allende led him to offer financial support to efforts by the Brazilian military to undermine the Chilean leader, according to a newly declassified summary of a White House meeting between Nixon and the president of Brazil. 'The president said that it was very important that Brazil and the United States work closely in this field. . . . If money were required or other discreet aid, we might be able to make it available,' stated the synopsis of Nixon's December 1971 conversation with President Emilio Medici."
Good News Could Spell Trouble for GOP
http://www.truthout.org/081609E?n
Patrick O'Connor, The Politico: "Don’t expect Republicans to credit President Barack Obama for the recent signs of life in the long-ailing U.S. economy, but don’t expect them to applaud more bad news either – at least not publicly. The still-reeling economy is riding a rollercoaster of economic indicators these days. A better-than-expected jobs report sent stock markets higher earlier this month. But Friday’s lower-than-expected consumer confidence number sent those same markets lower, and employers are continuing to shed hundreds of thousands of jobs each month, albeit at a slower pace than earlier this year. Many economists are predicting a jobless economic recovery over the next of year, as businesses begin to get back on their feet, but hold off on adding jobs."
Senator Jim Webb Wins Release of US Prisoner in Burma
http://www.truthout.org/081609F?n
Charles McDermid, The Los Angeles Times: "Virginia Sen. Jim Webb has gained the release of an American prisoner on the fast-moving first day of a trip to Myanmar in which Webb held face-to-face talks with reclusive junta leader Senior Gen. Than Shwe and also a rare meeting with jailed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Webb's two-day trip comes just days after a military court ruled Suu Kyi was guilty of violating the terms of her house arrest by harboring the uninvited American John Yettaw and sentenced her to another 18 months of house arrest. Yettaw, a 53-year-old resident of Missouri, was sentenced to seven years, including four of hard labor, for swimming across a lake to Suu Kyi's villa in Yangon."
Online, Your Private Life is Searchable
http://www.truthout.org/081609G?n
David Sarno, The Los Angeles Times: "When Maya Rupert wrote an article frowning at several Southern states for officially celebrating Confederate History Month, Internet critics lined up to fire back. But this time, they arrived with more than harsh words. The 28-year-old Los Angeles attorney's detractors dug up a photo of her and posted it, along with details of political contributions she'd made, in an online discussion of the article she wrote for the L.A. Watts Times. They called their finds evidence of her bias on the emotionally charged subject."
How the US health care system really measures up to England's; militia activity on the rise in the US; Dick Armey resigns from law firm over health care protests; Brazil helped US overthrow Allende; improving economy spells trouble for Republicans; Senator Jim Webb secures release of American prisoner in Myanmar; You personal information available to anyone on internet; and more ...
Sunday 16 August 2009
The Brutal Truth About America’s Healthcare
http://www.truthout.org/081609A?n
Guy Adams, The Independent UK: "They came in their thousands, queuing through the night to secure one of the coveted wristbands offering entry into a strange parallel universe where medical care is a free and basic right and not an expensive luxury. Some of these Americans had walked miles simply to have their blood pressure checked, some had slept in their cars in the hope of getting an eye-test or a mammogram, others had brought their children for immunisations that could end up saving their life. In the week that Britain's National Health Service was held aloft by Republicans as an 'evil and Orwellian' example of everything that is wrong with free healthcare, these extraordinary scenes in Inglewood, California yesterday provided a sobering reminder of exactly why President Barack Obama is trying to reform the US system."
Report: Militia Activity on the Rise in US
http://www.truthout.org/081609B?n
Arthur Bright, The Christian Science Monitor: "Right-wing militia groups are on the rise in the United States after nearly a decade of obscurity, according to a new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which monitors hate groups and extremist activity. The report, released Wednesday, warns of 'unmistakable signs of a revival of what in the 1990s was commonly called the militia movement.'"
Dick Armey Leaves Firm Amid Health Care Flap
http://www.truthout.org/081609C?n
David Mark, The Politico: "Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) is resigning from DLA Piper law firm amid a wave of negative attention his grassroots organization, Freedom Works, has drawn for helping to organize protesters at health care town hall meetings with members of Congress. In an interview with POLITCO Armey said that he was concerned about the media scrutiny the health care protests were drawing to the firm he has been associated with since retiring from Congress."
Brazil Played Role in US-Backed Overthrow of Chile's Allende, Document Shows
http://www.truthout.org/081609D?n
Andrew Zajac, The Los Angeles Times: "President Nixon's determination to eliminate the socialist government of Salvador Allende led him to offer financial support to efforts by the Brazilian military to undermine the Chilean leader, according to a newly declassified summary of a White House meeting between Nixon and the president of Brazil. 'The president said that it was very important that Brazil and the United States work closely in this field. . . . If money were required or other discreet aid, we might be able to make it available,' stated the synopsis of Nixon's December 1971 conversation with President Emilio Medici."
Good News Could Spell Trouble for GOP
http://www.truthout.org/081609E?n
Patrick O'Connor, The Politico: "Don’t expect Republicans to credit President Barack Obama for the recent signs of life in the long-ailing U.S. economy, but don’t expect them to applaud more bad news either – at least not publicly. The still-reeling economy is riding a rollercoaster of economic indicators these days. A better-than-expected jobs report sent stock markets higher earlier this month. But Friday’s lower-than-expected consumer confidence number sent those same markets lower, and employers are continuing to shed hundreds of thousands of jobs each month, albeit at a slower pace than earlier this year. Many economists are predicting a jobless economic recovery over the next of year, as businesses begin to get back on their feet, but hold off on adding jobs."
Senator Jim Webb Wins Release of US Prisoner in Burma
http://www.truthout.org/081609F?n
Charles McDermid, The Los Angeles Times: "Virginia Sen. Jim Webb has gained the release of an American prisoner on the fast-moving first day of a trip to Myanmar in which Webb held face-to-face talks with reclusive junta leader Senior Gen. Than Shwe and also a rare meeting with jailed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Webb's two-day trip comes just days after a military court ruled Suu Kyi was guilty of violating the terms of her house arrest by harboring the uninvited American John Yettaw and sentenced her to another 18 months of house arrest. Yettaw, a 53-year-old resident of Missouri, was sentenced to seven years, including four of hard labor, for swimming across a lake to Suu Kyi's villa in Yangon."
Online, Your Private Life is Searchable
http://www.truthout.org/081609G?n
David Sarno, The Los Angeles Times: "When Maya Rupert wrote an article frowning at several Southern states for officially celebrating Confederate History Month, Internet critics lined up to fire back. But this time, they arrived with more than harsh words. The 28-year-old Los Angeles attorney's detractors dug up a photo of her and posted it, along with details of political contributions she'd made, in an online discussion of the article she wrote for the L.A. Watts Times. They called their finds evidence of her bias on the emotionally charged subject."
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