Tuesday, October 22, 2013

READING FOR THE WEEK (Oct. 22, 2013)


Good story. Ex-death row inmate establishes scholarship for the attorney who freed him (Gawker).

Lifting the curtain on a shameful era in America (Winston-Salem Journal).

Gulf ecosystem in crisis three years after BP oil spill (Truth Out).


INFORMATION YOU CAN USE TO DEBUNK RIGHT WING LIES
How to prove that President Obama LOWERED the deficit in four easy steps (Addicting Info).

Health care costs in America are going up at their slowest rates since the government started tracking the data in 1960 (Kaiser Family Foundation).

The next time Rand Paul's supporters claim that he's a doctor remind them that he is certified by a board of ophthalmology that he created in 1999 ... (Salon).

The absurdity of billionaires against social security (Huffington Post).

Republicans proposed, endorsed, and loved the Affordable Care Act ... in 1989, before it was called Obamacare (Occupy Democrats).


MORE TEA PARTY / RIGHT WING STUFF
Senator Ted Cruz' claim that "Virtually every person across this country has seen premiums go up and up and up" is one big lie (PolitiFact).

Inside the Fox News lie machine: Fact checking Sean Hannity on Obamacare (Salon).

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY): Spreading misinformation can be a great tactic (National Journal).

The damage done by the GOP (Paul Krugman).

You might be a conservative if you believe ... (Addicting Info).


NUCLEAR / MILITARY
The end of overkill? Reassessing U.S. nuclear weapons policy (Cato).

Want to know the effects of a nuclear attack on your hometown? There's an ap for that (Mail OnlineNuclear Secrecy).

- Mark

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