NYC FRIENDS OF TOLKIEN
GATHER TO TALK ABOUT
THE NEW FILM
COMING OUT IN DECEMBER
"THE HOBBIT"
AND
RECEIVE POSTERS
FROM
WARNER BROS
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
THE LATEST IN THE
NEWS
Weapons of Mass
Distraction – The Big, Long Lie about Iraq Lingers Still
Dennis Kucinich,
Common Dreams
The Iraq War
remains with us as long as the lies continue and those responsible avoid
accountability.
Senator Bernie
Sanders on More Tax Breaks for the Wealthy – ‘Obscene, Immoral, Bad Economics’
5 Disturbing
Stories About Mitt Romney that Expose his Private Worldview
Lauren Kelley,
AlterNet
A close look at
Romney’s past reveals many warning signs, some even worse than driving with his
dog on the roof.
Walmart, the Most
Powerful Company in the World, Admits that Protests and Strikes Lead to Wage
Increases
Matt Stoller,
Naked Capitalism
Workers threaten
to walk out on Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year. Speedbump in Walmart’s race to the bottom?
Humanity Once Came
to the Cliff’s Edge of Total Self-Annihilation – Let’s Make Sure it Never
Happens Again
Noam Chomsky,
TomDispatch
5 Ways America is
Being Hollowed Out by Unfettered Corporate Greed
Paul Buchheit,
AlterNet
There’s no free
market, just businesses doing whatever they please with virtually zero
accountability.
Leaked Documents
Reveal “Monopoly-Like” Control of Presidential Debates
Common Dreams
Staff Commentary
Two party
agreement stultifies debates and encroaches on open democracy, say critics.
Saturday, October 06, 2012
THE
LATEST NEWS IS ROCKIN
Coalition
Against the Rockaway Pipeline
Sign
the Petition and tell President Obama to stop the Rockaway Pipeline Project
[Veto HR 2606 / SA 2869]
How
Fracking is a Danger to Your Health
Sabrina
Artel, AlterNet
Amid
controversy, New York will embark on a health impacts study, but residents living
in the gaslands are already speaking out about their experiences.
Meet
the Bank Exec Fighting to Foreclose on a Wheelchair-Bound Cancer Patient
Peter
Dreier, AlterNet
It’s
time to name the top executives whose decisions ripped off consumers and put cities
and states at the precipice of fiscal ruin due to declining property values and
revenues.
A
New Weapon in the Fight Against Fracking
Maria
Rodale, The Blog
Say
NO to MONSANTO – Sign the Petition to Tell WholeFoods to Support GMO Labeling
for ALL Foods
Debate
This – I’m 57 and Want Medicare and Social Security for Future Generations
Donna
Smith, Common Dreams
No
to NY Fracking – ‘We Will Not Compromise on the Health of Our Families’
Sandra
Steingraber and Kathleen Nolan
Seed
Freedom: A Call to End Corporate Control
Common
Dreams Staff
‘Alarming
Number’ of New State Laws Making it ‘Significantly Harder’ to Vote: Senators,
GAO Report
Common
Dreams Staff
THE
HOBBIT – Create Your Own Version of the Trailer
The
Fate of Humanity is at Stake – Why are Romney and Obama too Cowardly to Talk
About What Really Matters?
Noam
Chomsky, AlterNet
Our
politicians show an extraordinary willingness to sacrifice the lives of our
children and grandchildren for short-term gain.
Tar
Sands Blockade: Along with Landowner, Actress Daryl Hannah Arrested
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/10/05
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/10/05
Rebuffing
Shell, Judge Affirms Greenpeace's Right to Protest
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/10/05-3
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/10/05-3
Friends
of The Earth: Let’s Not Roll the Nuclear Dice
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/10/05-3
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/10/05-3
Veterans
For Peace: Americans in Pakistan Meet Families of Victims Obama Says Don't
Exist
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/10/05
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/10/05
