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requirement and when corporate ceos talk - republicans listen last week - republicans did as they were told - and repealed the ceo pay disclosure provision in a party line vote in a house committee --republicans don039t think you should know that while unemployment is hovering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

chicago militarizes for g8nato summits
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chicago mayor and former chief of staff rahm emanuel just won approval from the chicago city council for a draconian set of anti protesting ordinances to prepare the city for international protesters who will flood the city for the g8 and natos summits scheduled to take place this spring in chicago just like many other cities that use big events as a pretense for concentrating power emanuel is drumming up fear to make a grab for power

historic mars launch: nasa giant rover 039curiosity039 blasts off
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nasa039s biggest and most-expensive robotic rover has blasted off from cape canaveral on a voyage of discovery the probe nicknamed curiosity is scheduled to arrive at the mineral-rich martian 039gale crater039 next august it aims to search the surface for clues about whether the planet has ever had a life-friendly environmentrt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_comrt on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

olympics turned into mega money-making machine
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the olympic games in london have got off to a shaky start with political controversies security failings and traffic concerns and now it039s some of the atheletes in the main spotlight and not only because of their sporting skills it039s their toned bodies that are grabbing the headlines as rt039s anastasia churkina reportsrt live http:rtcomon-airsubscribe to rt http:wwwyoutubecomsubscription_centeradd_user=russiatodaylike 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

039drone attacks illegal fuel terror039 - pakistani fm
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american drones hitting targets on pakistani territory is illegal and involvement of the pakistani spy agencies with taliban not even worthy of comment said hina rabbani khar pakistan039s foreign minister exclusively to rtrt on twitter http:twittercomrt_comrt on facebook http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

the real mccain: 039call to strike syria asap exposes neo-con mindset039
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who needs diplomacy or international law not former presidential candidate r-az john mccain who became the first senator to publicly call for a us-led military strike on syria in order to halt the nearly year-long conflict there taking the senate floor mccain said there will be no un mandate for the air strikes he deems the only way to stop the violence -- but that a mandate isn039t necessaryjacob hornberger founder and president of the future of freedom foundation talks to rt he claims mccain039s idea is a typical neo-con conservative mindset of foreign intervention which implies a regime-change operation aimed at ousting one dictator in order to install another us-approved dictatorrt on twitter http:twittercomrt_comrt on facebook http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

us testing unproven weapons in afghanistan
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the us is developing new expensive weapons and testingthem on the battleground in afghanistan is this the best idea how can new weapons designed for conventional warfare be effective against an insurgency and do unproven weapons put soldiers at risk

video: tens of thousands celebrate morsi victory across egypt
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an islamist mohamed morsi has been elected egypt039s new president the muslim brotherhood039s candidate won nearly 52 of the vote after the run-off last week his rival the mubarak-era prime minister ahmed shafiq secured just over 48subscribe 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

trained for pain: get your torture degree from school of americas
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it039s been 30 years since colombian soldiers kidnapped beat tortured starved and electro-shocked hector aristizabal but it039s a memory he lives with everyday aristizabal said the colombian military held and tortured him for ten days all for having a quotsubversive bookquot quotfew people have survived torture in colombia so i am very lucky to tell this story most people get tortured for ten days that039s the standard and then they get shot and killedquot said aristizabal quotmany have been disappeared more than 80000quot aristizabal says that the colombian soldiers who tortured him and later killed his brother were trained right here on american soil at the school of the americas in fort benning georgia retired army major joseph blair was an instructor at the school of the americas which has since been renamed the western hemisphere institute for security cooperation quoti was very much in favor of the school of the americas during the cold war eraquot major blair said but major blair said he was horrified to learn of what his former students did with their anti-communist training in their own countries quotthe classified manuals that the army school of the americas used had the words interrogate extortion assassinate neutralize in common layman039s terms it all equates to torturequot blair said graduates from the school of the americas have been implicated in massacres and torture throughout the hemisphere including the murder of six jesuit priests and four american churchwomen in el salvadorrt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_comrt on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

hartmann: gop admits they039re quotfrightened to deathquot by ows
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zaid jilani think progressorg join039s thom hartmann one day after occupy los angeles was evicted - the la city council plans to pick up their message next week - the city council will be voting on a resolution calling for congress to amend the constitution to end corporate personhood - one of the primary demands of the ocuppy wall street movement voters in boulder colorado and missoula montana have passed similar resolution this is just the latest victory for the 99 movement - that has managed in just two months to steer debate in america away from deficit reduction and austerity - and toward job creation and wealth inequality so needless to say - conservatives - and their campaign donors who reside comfortably in the 1 - are a little worried so - in their latest effort to silence the voice of occupy wall street - they039ve reached out to their favorite wordsmith - right-wing pollster frank luntz that039s right - the guy who brought us quotdeath panelsquot in an effort to kill meaningful healthcare reform - and quotjob creatorsquot in an effort to keep the bush tax cuts in place for millionaires and billionares - is now targeting occupy wall street this week - luntz attended an event in florida with the republican governors association - and admitted that he039s quotfrightened to deathquot by occupy wall street because it039s quothaving an impact on what the american people think of capitalismquot

war veterans marching in support of ows
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on november 2nd members of the new york city chapter of iraq veterans against the war and other veterans marched to zuccotti part announcing their support for the 99 and calling on other veterans and service members to join the occupy wall street movement

chris hedges arrested with others at goldman sachs headquarters
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17 people including the nation039s contributor chris hedges were arrested in new york on thursday after a large group of the occupy wall street demonstrators marched to the headquarters of goldman sachs in lower manhattan courtesy luke rudkowski :http:wwwfacebookcomlukewearechangehttp:wwwtwittercomlukerudkowskihttp:wwwwearechangeorg

no homes or jobs for us vets
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america039s veterans are returning home from wars to staggering unemployment and homelessness rates rt039s anastasia churkina reports on what life post-war is like for thousands of us servicemen

dinosaurs in australia: fright at the museum
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the reopening of an australian museum of natural history has been a real thrill for visitors some of the delighted and rather frightened guests however think the animatronic creatures greeting them at the entrance were quota little too realisticquotthe queensland museum of natural history in brisbane chose to mark its reopening after renovation with an unusual party it invited several animatronic dinosaursrt on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews rt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_com