illiteracy drug use amp desertions: national afghanistan army strong enough
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a senior advisor to the afghan president has been assassinated by the taliban - in the capital kabul one of the country039s lawmakers was also killed in the attack the deaths come less than a week after hamid karzai039s half-brother who ran the south of the country was gunned down the taliban is stepping up its assault on afghan officials as nato combat troops begin their withdrawal from the war zone but us intervention expert stephen lendman says washington will want to keep its grip on afghanistan because waging war is lucrativeanalysts also say the violence in afghanistan is being precipitated by local security forces - which contain drug addicts and those connected to the taliban despite this nato began handing control over one of the country039s 34 provinces to the locals on sunday but there039s concern they039re too divided untrained and ill-equipped to fend off the insurgency by themselves jason motlag reports from kabulrt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_comrt on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

hartmann: the wisconsin recall death threats
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graeme zielinski democratic party of wisconsin joins thom hartmann over the weekend - more than 30000 wisconsinites rallied in front of the state capital in madison wisconsin to promote the effort to recall republican governor scott walker already they have over 100000 signatures - one-fifth of the way to collecting the 540000-plus signatures they need to officially trigger a recall but unfortunately - those working around the clock to recall governor walker now have to worry about their own safety police are investigating at least two death threats against opponents of scott walker on one threatening call - an unidentified man said quotif you don039t stop circulating recall petitions we will kill youquot in addition to the death threats - walker opponents have also had political signs in front of their homes vandalized and stolen so far there are no leads as to who is behind the threats regardless - the recall effort continues

thom hartmann: is the situation in japan actually deteriorating
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fukushima engineer says he covered up flaw at shut reactor thom hartmann talks with paul gunter beyond nuclear

3 signs you might be a terrorist
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the fbi wants business owners to join in the fight against terrorism and they have some friendly tips to help you spot the terrorists twenty-five flyers titled quotcommunities against terrorismquot were handed out to local businesses take a look at what they tell you to watch out for

acta in uk: 10 years in jail for a download
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uk web surfers have caught a grim glimpse of the future with internet users being threatened with 10 years in jail for quotillegal downloadingquot after a prominent music file-sharing site was shut down shortly after britain signed the notorious acta billit is the first time such a move has been made against internet users in the uk the british government introduced regulations in 2009 enabling internet providers to track users who downloaded illegal content from the web and disable their connection if warning letters had no effect but signing the anti-counterfeiting trade agreement acta has brought the conflict to a whole new levelin europe people are taking to the streets in protest at the contradictory anti-counterfeiting trade agreement with some countries refusing to sign itafter hackers from the activist group anonymous attacked practically all us government websites in retaliation the authorities are now considering adopting their own home-grown anti-counterfeiting laws like pipa protect intellectual property act sopa stop online piracy actrt on twitter http:twittercomrt_comrt on facebook http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

hartmann: quotwanted dead or alivequot us citizens
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robert dreyfuss the nation magazine ampamp maria lahood center for constitutional rights join thom hartmann al-qaeda039s top recruiter anwar al-aulaki is dead at the very hands of the country which he is a legal citizenthe united states of america but while majority of the nation is giving the president thumbs up on yet another terrorist six feet undersome are wondering if out war on terror has officially crossed a dangerous line

ps3 hacker vs sony
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george hotz or geoh0t was the first person to jailbreak an iphone and last month the first to fully hack the ps3 console he released the code online along with a how-to video and now faces legal battles

urgent - fox news caught using fake video of riots ha ha
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news bulletins around the world have been following russia039s election rallies but one channel stands out - america039s fox news has been showing streets ablaze violent clashes and firebombs thrown at security officers but with one major problem - the images are not from russia they039re from greecert on twitter http:twittercomrt_com rt on facebook http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

false amp failing: 039zombie banks criminals must go to jail039
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just when britain039s bankers thought the worst public vilification was behind them - now the ceo of one of the world039s largest banks has been forced out bob diamond from barclays has bowed to all-round pressure after his bank was caught fixing a key interest rate which overcharged customers when the financial crisis struck the chief operating officer has also quit - the third top executive in two days to do sort talks to economics professor rodney shakespeare from london subscribe to rt http:wwwyoutubecomsubscription_centeradd_user=russiatodaywatch rt live on our website http:rtcomon-airlike us on facebook http:wwwfacebookcomrtnewsfollow us on twitter http:twittercomrt_comfollow us on google http:plusgooglecomb102728491539958529040rt russia today is a global news network broadcasting from moscow and washington studios rt is the first news channel to break the 500 million youtube views benchmark

naked man tasered maced and beaten by police
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the fbi is opening up a probe into an alleged police brutality cover-up in tennessee darren ring suffered four cracked ribs and a punctured lung after tennessee police stripped him naked beat him in the snow and used pepper spray and a taser on him ring spent five months behind bars after the event now his court-appointed defense attorney has obtained 22 minutes of raw footage taken from a police car that night once the footage surfaced charges were dropped against ring his attorney however says that the tennessee policefiled false charges against his client in order to cover up their own actions

039govts rob citizens money printing race disastrous039
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the largest holder of us debt is getting frustrated over washington039s financial situation so vice president joe biden is heading to china on a mission of reassurance on wednesday but puru saxena who039s an investment adviser in hong kong says washington039s troubles are too big for its asian partner to stop worrying aboutrt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_com rt on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

hartmann: my answer to a libertarian caller trashing ows
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thom hartmann answers to a libertarian caller who trashed ows

thom hartmann proposes his own budget bill for america and it039s one sentence
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thom hartmann039s daily take

hartmann: corporate ceos have a secret they don039t want you to know about
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corporate ceos have a secret they don039t want you to know aboutand that039s how much money they039re stealing from their workers and republicans are accomplices in the thievery last year - as part of the wall street reform bill passed by congressional democrats and signed by president obama - there was a provision forcing corporations to disclose just how large the pay gap is between their ceos and their average workers as in how much more money the bigwig in the corporate office makes sitting on his butt all year versus how much money the factory floor worker makes busting his butt all year the provision was included in hopes that if people knew just how gross the pay gap is between ceos and workers - then maybe there would be more pressure to shrink itas they say - sunlight is the best disinfectant and today - outrageous corporate pay is infecting our economy consider that back in the 1970s - ceos made about 30 times more than their average worker - as in what they did was 30 times more valuable to the company than what other workers did but since then - the numbers have exploded - and today - ceos make as much as 400 times their average worker and in some cases on wall street - as much as 2000 times the average worker can today039s ceos really justify that they are 2000 times more valuable to the company than their workers they can039t - and that039s why they don039t want you to know how much money they039re taking from their corporate treasure chest to pad their armani pockets and that039s why - as soon as republican took control of the house of representatives at the beginning of this year - ceos from 81 of the biggest corporations in america - including mcdonalds - general dynamics - and ibm started a massive lobbying effort to repeal the new ceo-pay disclosure requirement and when corporate ceos talk - republicans listen last week - republicans did as they were told - and repealed the ceo pay disclosure provision in a party line vote in a house committee --republicans don039t think you should know that while unemployment is hovering around 9 and average employee wages are sinking lower and lower - people like phillipe dauman made more than 84 million last year as the ceo of viacom--or that while nearly 50 million americans languish in poverty - while ray irani of occidental petroleum made 76 million last year--or that while more than 40 million americans need food stamps just to eat - while lawrence ellison of oracle made 70 million last year--republicans don039t want you to know that every 15 million dollars a ceo is paid for with a 1000 pay-cut to 15000 workers--or that every 30 million check cut to a ceo - could have instead hired 600 new workers - each making 50000 dollars a year and these are the guys that republicans call the quotjob creatorsquot in america - the guys who039d rather stash 30 million in a swiss bank account - where it will sit untouched collecting interest - rather than spend a dime employing one of the 25 million unemployed people around the nation this is nothing more than stealing these ceos aren039t job creators - they039re stealing from the people who are the actual job creators - people like you and me who buy stuff when the middle class in america has money - they buy stuff - and the more stuff they buy - then the more stuff needs to be made - and the more stuff that needs to be made - then more workers need to be hired that039s how an economy works but giving a guy who039s already worth a hundred million dollars - another hundred million dollars - won039t create one damn job - and won039t stimulate the economy at all we need to start calling out the republican party for what they are - the wholly-owned party of the rich ceos - and not the party for the other 99 of us harry truman knew this more than 60 years ago when he said quotwe have been working together for victory in a great cause victory has become a habit of our party it039s been elected four times in succession and i039m convinced it will be elected a fifth time next november the reason is that the people know that the democratic party is the people039s party and the republican party is the party of special interest and it always has been and always will bequotnothing039s changed it039s time to shed some light on the wealth inequality in america - and expose greedy corporate ceos for their blatant robbery of the american dream - and expose the republican party as their accomplices

paper cut: nyt dumps wikileaks after cashing in on nobel cause
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http:wwwyoutubecomuserrussiatodaythe whistleblowing website wikileaks has been nominated for a nobel peace prize the controversial news comes as its founder julian assange finds himself in yet another scandal - this time with the new york times the paper made a fortune off the back of the us diplomatic cables leaked to it by assange but as rt039s marina portnaya found out its gratitude only goes so far