Wonkbook: The GOP's dual-trigger nightmare Washington Post - Imagine if the Democrats offered Republicans a deficit deal that had more than $3 in tax increases for every $1 in spending cuts, assigned most of those spending cuts to the Pentagon, and didn't take a dime from Social Security, Medicaid or Medicare beneficiaries. Republicans would laugh at them. But without quite realizing it, that's the deal Republicans have now offered to the Democrats. In August, Republicans scored what they thought was a big win by persuading Democrats to accept a trigger that consisted only of spending cuts. The price they paid was 1) ...
Cairo's Tahrir Square is packed with people gathered for Friday prayers - with the threat of continued violence hanging in the air. Recent clashes have seen more than 40 people killed since Saturday, as angry protesters call for the military authorities to hand over power to a civilian government. It comes as a former Prime Minister in the Mubarak regime agrees to form a new cabinet, after Egypt's ruling military council asked him to lead a national government [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNn690QRiug&w=450&rel=0] Related articles Mubarak-era premier picked to lead Egypt's Cabinet (seattletimes.nwsource.com) Thousands Fill Tahrir Square In Cairo For Anti-Military Demonstration (huffingtonpost.com) Mubarak-era premier to head Egypt ...
Tony Katz, Host-The Tony Katz Radio Spectacular join's Thom Hartmann. Mitt Romney tossed out his first TV ad of his 2012 campaign against President Obama. And he opened the campaign with a lie. Does the ends justifies the means? Aren't the means embedded in the end - a campaign based on lies will end up with an administration filled with lies? We have to crack through that wall and have a conversation about the right of the people to know what's really going on - beyond Karl Rove's anonymous hit ads. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_kWjBRcK1Q&w=450&rel=0] Related articles Dumb, dumber, dumbest? (politico.com) Fox Guest Claims College Professors ...
Match Winner Loser Method Round Time 1 Danny Castillo Shamar Bailey TKO (Punches) 1 4:52 2 Seth Baczynski Matt Brown Submission (Guillotine Choke) 2 0:42 3 Miguel Torres Nick Pace Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00 4 Gleison Tibau Rafael dos Anjos Decision (Split) 3 5:00 5 Chris Weidman Tom Lawlor Technical Submission (Brabo Choke) 1 2:07 6 Michael McDonald Alex Soto KO (Punches) 1 0:56 7 Ryan Bader Jason Brilz KO (Punch) 1 1:17 8 Stephan Bonnar Kyle Kingsbury Decision (Unanimous) 3 5:00 9 Martin Kampmann Rick Story Decision (Split) 3 5:00 10 Urijah Faber Brian Bowles Submission (Guillotine Choke) 2 1:27 11 Wanderlei Silva Cung Le TKO (Knees and Punches) 2 4:49 12 Dan Henderson Mauricio Rua Decision (Unanimous) 5 5:00 Related articles UFC 139 round-by-round recaps (msn.foxsports.com)
The NBA and NBAPA have come to a tentative agreement to start the 2011-2012 NBA season on Christmas! What do you look forward to the most about the upcoming season?
This week Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, discuss unemployed Wall Streeters looking for financial firms that practice ‘integrity and honesty’ and hedge fund managers crying ‘boohoo’ that JP Morgan has seized their MF Global funds. In the second half of the show, Max talks to Danny Schechter about plunder, the crime of our time, inspiring an economic justice movement
What was portrayed as an Egyptian fight for democracy back in February, has turned into disillusionment. And as RT’s Gayane Chichakayan reports, it’s become something of a trend for countries caught up in the Arab Spring.
A NATO air strike on an army checkpoint in northwest Pakistan has killed up to 25 soldiers, according to the country’s military officials. Islamabad has now blocked the alliance’s vital supply lines into Afghanistan in response. The incident threatens to put more pressure on relations between Pakistan and the military alliance, already strained by continued U.S. drone attacks. Ahmed Quraishi, President of Pakistan’s biggest lobbying group – the PakNationalists forum, thinks this accident was a deliberate act of punishment.
Currency Wars author Jim Rickards and well-known economist Nouriel Roubini recently turned talk about currency wars into a Twitter war. We consult Joe Weisenthal, no stranger to a Roubini Twitter war himself, about the best strategy in those situations. And as activists Occupy Black Friday, rabid shoppers fight over deals and one woman resorts to pepper spray in an act of “competitive shopping.” We talk consumerism. Is Black Friday the height of American consumerism propping up corporate power and the exploitative practices of powerful corporations? Or is it a step to helping an economy that’s driven 70 percent by consumer spending and where millions of unemployed workers may get a shot at temporary jobs.
Keith Singleton, an American who studied abroad in Japan, breaks down why studying abroad might be the cheapest option for some college students. Ana Kasparian and Jayar Jackson break it down on TYT University.
What’s the biggest impediment to Western economies, is it debt? Growth? Political leadership? We see the leaders of Germany, France and Italy pushing for a fiscal crackdown to solve the Eurozone crisis. As they push for fiscal union, is more Europe the problem or the solution? And in the US we see GOP hopefuls taking the stage in debate after debate to vie for the top spot in this country against current President Barack Obama. Could any of them steer the US economy in right the direction? Former Reagan assistant secretary of the Treasury, Paul Craig Roberts, says not a chance.
We’ll share with you some staggering statistics compiled by ThinkProgress that show how deep hunger runs in America. Last year, 17.2 million households in the United States were food insecure. That’s the highest level on record, and a 30% rise during this Great Recession. That also makes up 14.5% of all households. Nearly 40% had to choose between paying rent or a mortgage and food. Don’t forget, food prices increased by 3.6 percent last year alone.
Super Committee failed to come to an agreement over how to find 1.2 trillion dollars in deficit savings and that failure means, unless Congressional war hawks get their way and somehow overturn the rules they themselves created, there will be another 600 billion coming in cuts to defense. But what they haven’t mentioned is that it will most likely be service members and their retirement plans that really take the hit, especially if the Defense Business Board get’s their way. Mother Jones’ Adam Weinstein discusses.
In Malaysia a mock tribunal has found former President George W Bush and Former Prime Minister Tony Blair guilty of war crimes. Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal which was formed at the request of former Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad, says the two leaders are guilty of crimes against peace, referring to their invasion of Iraq back in 2003.