Wednesday, February 10, 2016

MID-WEEK READING (February 10, 2016)

African-American History Month / Children reading in the 1950s

Spy Chief: Homegrown terror is greatest threat (The Hill).

Why a global recession is more likely than anyone realizes (Shah Gilani / Money Morning).

Hillary Clinton: "Name one time I changed due to Wall Street." Elizabeth Warren: OK, allow me (U.S. Uncut).

Marco Rubio's spinelessness (Slate).


TRUMP, A DANGEROUS MAN
Saudi prince epically burns Donald Trump: Remember those two times I bailed you out financially (Addicting Info)?

America's Agitator: Donald Trump is the world's most dangerous man (Spiegel Online).


RACE IN AMERICA
Cop sues family of teenager he killed and you'll never believe how he justifies it (U.S. Uncut).

How Fox News responded to Beyonce's Super Bowl show versus white rioters smashing police cars (U.S. Uncut).

Instead of helping Flint, Michigan Republicans just passed a bill that makes anal sex illegal (U.S. Uncut).


URINE A LOT OF TROUBLE IF YOU RELIEVE YOURSELF HERE
If these walls could pee: San Francisco installs urine-repelling walls (RT).

Pee back time! Paris authorities urged to support 'oui' campaign for urine-repelling walls (RT).


VOTER FRAUD, INITIATED BY THE GOP
Without paper ballots, fear of vote rigging clouds 2016 primaries (Truth Out).

Voter suppression is more effective than you know - Thom Hartmann (Ring of Fire).

Republican arrested during voter fraud backfire - David Pakman Show (Ring of Fire).


GOOD NEWS
Iceland sentences 29th banker to prison, U.S. bankers still collecting bonuses (Mint Press News).

In Oakland, building boys into men (NY Times).

Russell Wilson writes letter to Manning, "If this is it, there's one moment I won't forget" (Fox 59).


THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON REPUBLICAN IDEAS
Absolute absurdity: GOP candidates want to protect billionaires from "class warfare" (Ring of Fire).

Right-wing think tanks are factories of cruel ideas (Truth Out).

Fox News makes you stupid - How to create a society of idiotic voters (Ring of Fire).


MISCELLANEOUS
British Treasury officials wined & dined by arms giants & 'rogue banks' (RT).

A grim scenario: If America ends up with a Republican president and a GOP-controlled Congress (Nation of Change).

U.S. GDP by year compared to debt and major events (U.S. Economy).

Aeromexico bans Sikh actor from plane because of his turban (RT).

- Mark 

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