October 30, 2009
Fox President Roger Ailes' History Of Race-Baiting

Under its president, Roger Ailes, Fox News routinely employs racially charged appeals to foment opposition to the Obama administration and other progressive figures, such as Glenn Beck's comments that President Obama is a "racist" and "has a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture." Before launching the Fox News Channel, Ailes worked as a media consultant for several Republican campaigns where evidence shows he similarly appealed to racial fears and biases for political gain, and as executive producer for Rush Limbaugh's television show, during which Limbaugh made several controversial statements.

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October 29, 2009
Al Jazeera: Long Road to Economic Recovery for US

There has been some better than expected news for the struggling US economy - it appears that it is edging out of recession. Latest figures show the US economy has grown for the first time in more than a year. It seems the government's huge stimulus package has had some effect. But as Al Jazeera's John Terrett reports, not everyone has seen the benefits.

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October 28, 2009
Scott Bateman: Time Life's Soft Rock Hits Infomercial, Animated

Air Supply are your hosts for an infomercial for the soft rock hits of the '70s and '80s.

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October 27, 2009
Lawrence Wilkerson: US Empire Will End

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October 26, 2009
Afghanistan: Fraud, Opium and Taliban

If an athlete is caught cheating in the Olympics or another sports competition, that person is disqualified, and it is seen as a disgrace. In the case of the recent election in Afghanistan, however, cheating has been rewarded and even praised by no less than the president of the United States, says Link TV’s Jamal Dajani in this week’s “Mosaic Intelligence Report.”

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October 23, 2009
No Jobs + No Recovery + Bat

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October 22, 2009
Penn Gillette: Getting Yelled At by One of My Heroes

I sat on TV, while my hero Tommy Smothers yelled in my face how pissed off he was at me for appearing on Glenn Beck. It broke my heart.

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October 21, 2009
Al Franken Humbles Dilettante Over Health Care Bankruptcies

At the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “Medical Debt: Can Bankruptcy Reform Facilitate a Fresh Start” Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) questioned Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Diana Furchtgott-Roth about medical bankruptcies. Franken asked Furchtgott-Roth — who claimed that moving towards a European-style system of universal health care would increase bankruptcies — about how many medical bankruptcies there were in countries that have universal health care, like Switzerland and France. Furchtgott-Rott repeatedly told Franken that she didn’t “have that number,” and Franken repeatedly informed her that the number was actually zero.

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October 20, 2009
Hondurans Bear Brunt of Aid Cuts in Wake of Coup

Talks to try to resolve the political crisis in Honduras have once again hit an impasse. Ousted President Manual Zelaya's team says it won't return to negotiations until the interim government offers a better proposal for a solution. Tensions remain high as talks stalled again over whether Zelaya can be reinstated ahead of the presidential elections next month. The United States has refused to freeze the bank accounts of the coup leaders but foreign donors have cut off aid. As a result, some basic public services have been brought to a standstill - including those promised by Zelaya after he took office. As Al Jazeera's Craig Mauro reports, it's the country's poorest people who are feeling the consequences of the coup the most.

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October 19, 2009
Autoworkers Challenge Logic of Capitalism

Sam Gindin on why the economy should be transformed to meet climate change challenge. Gindin is the former Assistant to the President of the Canadian Autoworkers Union and currently a Professor of Political Science at York University. He is a frequent contributor to Canadian Dimension, The Bullet, Alternatives, and others. Gindin authored a biography of CAW entitled The Canadian Auto Workers: Birth and Transformation of a Union.

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October 16, 2009
The Dollar: Dive or Survive?

Leo Panitch on the U.S. dollar's place in the global economy. Panitch is the Canada Research Chair in Comparative Political Economy and a Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science at York University in Toronto. Panitch is also the author of "Global Capitalism and American Empire" and his most recent release "American Empire and the Political Economy of International Finance".

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October 15, 2009
Tortured Law

Tortured Law, a new 10-minute documentary by Alliance for Justice, examines the role U.S. lawyers played in authorizing torture. Join those calling on Attorney General Eric Holder to release the report of the DOJ Office of Professional Responsibility, and hold accountable those who ordered, designed, and justified torture.

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October 14, 2009
Ralph Nader: "Only the Rich Can Save Us"

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October 13, 2009
Self Preservation In An Atomic Attack

This is actual audio from the 1950 US military film, "Self Preservation In An Atomic Attack," as animated by Scott Bateman.

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October 12, 2009
Palestinian Unity Hopes Fade

Many Palestinians have expressed frustration with their leaders after sparring speeches from Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, and Khaled Meshaal, the leader of Hamas. The two factions were poised to sign a national unity deal, paving the way for elections next June. But Meshaal said on Sunday that "the timing is not right" and he criticised Abbas for his handling of a UN report on alleged Israeli war crimes in Gaza, while Abbas accused Hamas of exploiting the controversy over the report to obstruct unity. Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, has also spoken out on the UN report, telling the Israeli parliament on Monday that it was one-sided.

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October 9, 2009
Al Franken's Supply Side Jesus

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October 8, 2009
Gun Show: Undercover

The City of New York launched an undercover investigation to expose how a dangerous loophole in the law allows criminals to get guns. Watch this undercover footage that shines a spotlight on illegal sales at gun shows.

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October 7, 2009
New Jersey Considers a Medical Marijuana Law

Michael Oliveri, 25, of Oradell, has been wheelchair-bound since he was 18 due to muscular dystrophy. Years of powerful prescription drugs have left him permanently nauseous, but there is one medication he says helps relieve his pain and gives him an appetite. The only problem is that it's a federally banned substance -- marijuana. Oliveri and other patients suffering from debilitating diseases like multiple sclerosis or AIDS wasting syndrome have been fighting for a medical marijuana law in New Jersey. State lawmakers are widely expected to vote on the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act before the end of the year and Gov. Jon Corzine has indicated he would sign the bill. If enacted, New Jersey would become the 14th state to legalize marijuana for medical use. Opponents of the bill point to abuse of the law in California, the first state to legalize medical marijuana, as a precursor of what's to come in New Jersey.

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October 6, 2009
The Case for Incandescent Lightbulbs

In September, the European Union banned the sale of 100-watt incandescent light bulbs, with lawbreakers facing up to $70,000 in fines. Over the next few years, bans on lower-wattage bulbs kick in. In the United States, similar legislation comes into play in 2012. The idea is to kickstart the market for compact fluorescent lights (CFLs), which use less energy than conventional incandescents. Although CFLs present any number of problems (even beyond a much higher initial cost), governments all over the globe are determined to make them the new standard. Invented in its modern form by Thomas Edison in 1879, the light bulb became synonymous with a brilliant idea.

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October 5, 2009
China and Climate Change

Minqi Li explains why despite the rhetoric, the US and China are not doing much about carbon emissions.

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October 1, 2009
Resistance Silenced in Honduras

Honduras is under martial law as executive decree PCM-M-016-2009 has suspended numerous constitutional freedoms including: personal freedom, the right to free thought, the right to organize and meet, the right to free movement, freedom of the press, rights to privacy in one's own home, and protection against arbitrary detentions. The coup regime has routinely infringed these rights throughout the past three months, but it used the current degree to mobilize the military to shut down all anti-coup media outlets, thus eliminating any news of the resistance from the media. As filmmaker and resistance member Oscar Estrada writes, "it's like we never existed."

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