The overall message that the tone needs to change, was not lost on any of us," Olbermann said on his Monday show ----------------------------------------------
In a last ditch effort to compete with Ron Popeil infomercials at 4 AM. "Set it, and forget me!" 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It still pretends to be financed by listeners, but NPR > is now part of the corporate media and sounds like the voice of Israel. > > *The Comeback of the Republicans and the Rise of the Tea Party -- The Result > of the Democrats' > Failure*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/The-Comeback-of-the-Republ-in-Best_...> > A democratic socialist analysis of why the Democratic Party collapsed and > the discredited Republican Party is already back in control of the House. > > *By Andrew Schmookler* > *Thoughts on What Obama Should and Should Not Say at His Post Midterm > Election Press > Conference*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Thoughts-on-What-Obama-Sho-by-Andrew...> > If, as expected, the Republicans make significant gains, Obama should speak > in a way that sounds conciliatory, but also begins to lay the trap into > which the Republicans can be brought down. > > *By Reynard Loki* > *The Village That Reinvented the > World*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Village-That-Reinvente-by-Reynar...> > Almost four decades ago, Gaviotas was started as a sustainable community in > one of the harshest places in South America. It has worked -- largely > because of trees. > > *By Dr. Tom Termotto* > *Strangelets, Black Holes and the GOD > Particle*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Strangelets-Black-Holes-a-by-Dr-Tom-...> > The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and highest-energy > particle accelerator that straddles the border of France and Switzerland, is > quite busy lately playing with the most basic ingredients of the universe. > Much of humanity is completely oblivious to what is taking place there, even > though the elemental forces of creation are being manipulated as never > before. Perhaps it's time to take a closer look at .... > > *By Tony Irwin* > *Credit Scores and the Madness of > Crowds*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Credit-Scores-and-the-Madn-by-Tony-I...> > This article expounds on the way that society has placed an overemphasis on > the importance of one's credit score, and why this is simply another product > of advertisement. > > *By Brent Budowsky* > *"Second Amendment Solutions": Why Everyone MUST > Vote*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Second-Amendment-Solution-by-Brent-B...> > The notion that America is turning to the right is a fraud perpetrated by > the right, pushed by Republicans, repeated like parrots by the mainstream > media. If everybody votes, Democrats win. > > *By Sally McMillan* > *The've Still Got It > Wrong*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-ve-Still-Got-It-Wrong-by-Sally-M...> > AS Barney Frank said, "How many times do you need to be hit over the head > before you realize you can't work with them?" > > *By Bud Goodall* > *The Morning After: What Went Wrong & What We Can Do With Narrative to Make > it > Right*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Morning-After-What-We-by-Bud-Goo...> > The president failed to communicate the good work he was doing, failed to > provide the core narrative that good government is all about promoting the > public good, and failed to realize that most Americans pay more attention to > soundbites and signs and anger than we do to calm rationality and a cool > demeanor. This is a war of ideas, and every day we engage in a battle of > narratives ... each and every one of us. > > *By E.David Ferriman* > *America Must Start Moving Forward > Faster*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/America-Must-Start-Moving-by-E-David...> > The New Dream for America is equality and an ever forward vision for a > better future for the coming generations. Lets stop talking about it and > lets work together and make it happen. > > *California says 'no' to legalizing marijuana > cultivation*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/California-says-no-to-le-in-General...> > In a landmark ballot measure that tested the boundaries of the public's > acceptance of pot, California voters decided Tuesday night they're still not > ready to legalize marijuana smoking as a leisure activity. > > *6 Terrorists Inspired by Fox News and Glenn > Beck*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/6-Terrorists-Inspired-by-F-in-Gener...> > Fox -- and Glenn Beck in particular -- seem to be inspiring conservatives to > engage in armed civil war with their liberal neighbors. Here are six actual > terrorists inspired by Fox News. They have killed six Americans and wounded > six others between them. (Seven, if you count the woman who took a sneaker > to the skull from Paul's man): > > *By Rob Kall* > *Moonies Take Back Washington > Times*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Moonies-Take-Back-Washingt-by-Rob-Ka...> > The right wing Washington Times is changing hands, from a team run by Sun > Myung Moon's son Preston to a team of former Washington Times employees. > This sale, for one dollar plus assumption of millions in debt, is seen as a > transfer of control back to Sun Myung Moon. > > *By Kevin Gosztola* > *Democratic Strategy of Trying to Beat Republicans By Trying to Be a Better > Republican Miserably > Fails*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Democratic-Strategy-of-Try-by-Kevin-...> > The Democratic Party strategy that there are only about 170 districts in the > country that are "liberal" and the rest must field "centrist" or "downright > conservative" candidates to win didn't work. Conservative districts didn't > go for centrists. They went Republican. > > *By Timothy Gatto* > *Election Day > Blues*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Election-Day-Blues-by-Timothy-Gatto-...> > I sat and watched MSNBC and watched them make their assessments about why > the Democrats lost so badly. Well the fact that the President didn't do > anything but reward his campaign contributors with a massive deficit causing > bail-out while turning its back on the manufacturing sector wasn't a real > vote-getter > > *By Marta Steele* > *Democracy or Dumbocracy? Only the Vote Counters Know for > Sure*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Democracy-or-Dumbocracy-O-by-Marta-S...> > Random thoughts as election results trickle in and my spirits sink. > > *By Joyce McCloy* > *Voting News: Vote flipping in Indiana, Maryland, Penn. 10,000 calls to > 866OURVOTE*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Voting-News-Vote-flipping-by-Joyce-M...> > 866-OUR-VOTE received over 10,000 calls today. Top states include CA, GA & > PA. Some in today's news. Would you believe Alabama didn't have enough pens, > so used pencils to mark ballots, causing probs? ..MD Diebold touchscreens > flip votes from GOP to DEM!..CA awaits millions of mail ballots..probs with > epoll books,paper poll books, power outages,locked up ballots,polling place > moves, machine shutdowns, vote flipping, scams... > > *By Cenk Uygur* > *Why Are Democrats Going to Lose When They Are More > Popular?*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Why-Are-Democrats-Going-to-by-Cenk-U...> > There is a fascinating disparity in these 2010 elections. When asked which > party will cope better with the issues facing this country over the next > couple of years, Democrats win 42-38%. When asked who will handle the > economy better, Democrats win 44-37%. When asked which party you approve of > more in Congress, Democrats win 36-30%. Yet, they're about to get wiped out. > > * Latest Articles* > ------------------------------ > > *Americans to be Pummeled by Yet Another "Sky-Is-Falling" Pro-Meatpacker > Study*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Americans-to-be-Pummeled-b-by-R-CALF...> > "We're not expecting anything even close to the truth when these > pro-meatpacker groups unveil their self-serving study, and based on the > history of the consulting firm they've used and the hype they're trying to > generate, we'd better be prepared for a spectacular deception," > > *Elections, selections, and > projections*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Elections-selections-and-by-Bob-Patt...> > Tuesday is a big day for horse races of both the metaphorical and acutal > kinds. > > *Giants Win World Series > !*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Giants-Win-World-Series--by-Allen-L-...> > The curse has been lifted ~ 52 years ago ( 1958 ) the New York Giants packed > up their bags and abandoned New York for San Francisco and left millions of > East Coast Giant fans in the lurch without their favorite team, which had > recently swept the Cleveland Indians in the 1954 World Series. New York > never forgave them until they finally caved in 2010 when Bochy's cardiac > kids captured their hearts. > > *Don't Worry, Be > Happy!*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Don-t-Worry-Be-Happy-by-Kathy-Malloy...> > Don't worry -- be happy! The Midterms still represent a big problem for the > Democrats -- they're going to be voted down as a direct consequence of their > dithering and leaderlessness -- but the political reality is that the world > is not going to end." > > *Scorpio New Moon November 5-6, > 2010*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Scorpio-New-Moon-November-by-Cathy-L...> > The Scorpio New Moon, occurring on November 5th at 9:52pm Pacific time and > on November 6th at 12:52 Eastern time, is very powerful this year because it > sits alone in the sky. It makes no major aspects to other planets, and so we > are left alone with ourselves to dive deep and explore the scorpionic themes > of death and rebirth. The new seeds we plant must gestate in darkness for a > while. > > *Obama prepares to expand military attacks in > Yemen*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Obama-prepares-to-expand-m-by-Bill-v...> > the Wall Street Journal editorial page invoked the Yemeni terror allegations > as justification for the Obama administration's declared intention to carry > out the "targeted killing" of a US citizen, Anwar al Awlaki. It further > argues that the latest terror scare "underscores how crucial it is that US > intelligence be able to eavesdrop on email and phone conversations" without > having to obtain a warrant. > > *Tomgram: Engelhardt, Pentagon Lovers and Welfare > Queens*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Tomgram-Engelhardt-Penta-by-Tom-Enge...> > By the time you read this, I'll already have voted -- the single most > reflexive political act of my life -- in the single most dispiriting > election I can remember. As I haven't missed a midterm or presidential > election since my first vote in 1968, that says something. Or maybe by the > time you've gotten to this, the results of the 2010 midterm elections will > be in. In either case, I'll try to explain just why you don't reall > > *November 2, 2010: The Day Our Democracy > Teetered?*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/November-2-2010-The-Day-by-Roger-Shu...> > If today's midterm elections go as expected, it does not bode well for our > future. > > * Best News Links from the Web* > ------------------------------ > > *Letter to a whiny young > Democrat*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/Letter-to-a-whiny-young-De-in-Best_...> > The U.S. House of Representatives, the most insufferable gaggle of political > mongrels this side of, well, the rest of Congress, reverts to GOP control > like a brain tumor reverts to a more aggressive form of cancer, and > everything gets bleaker and sadder and, frankly, a whole lot nastier. > > *David Corn: And 2010's Biggest Winner > Is*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/David-Corn--And-2010-s-Bi-in-Best_W...> > Campaign finance reform advocates are in total despair. For decades, they > have tried to lessen the impact of special interest money on the political > system. (The House Democrats passed Obama-backed legislation earlier this > year to force disclosure of contributors, but the bill stalled in the > GOP-obstructed Senate.) Now the dam seems gone, blown up, in rubble. > > *Gerald Celente: Break the Chains > !!!*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/Gerald-Celente-Break-the-in-Best_We...> > Gerald Celente, national pundit and trends forecaster, analyzes the November > elections and predicts the aftermath. > > *Scores killed as series of bombs rock a dazed > Baghdad*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/Scores-killed-as-series-of-in-Gener...> > Sixteen bombs struck Baghdad on Tuesday, exploding near crowded coffee shops > and a Shiite mosque and bringing a city still reeling from a major attack > Sunday to a standstill. at least 63 people were killed and almost 250 > wounded in what security officials said were car bombs and roadside bombs 鈥" > most of them detonated over the space of less than 90 minutes. > > *THE ROVING EYE: A New Model for the Americas: Democratic Brazil, not > Plutocratic > US*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/THE-ROVING-EYE-A-New-Mode-in-Best_W...> > With the USA on the verge of going even farther retrograde into Corpocracy, > Plutocracy and Oligarchy, with genuinely psychotic and reactionary political > forces coming to the halls of power now, what country in the Western > Hemisphere has the character to offer a progressive model that can empower > all people, not a voracious few? Yes, Brazil, which has just seen Lula's > chosen successor, Dilma Roussef, elected to the presidency. > > *Memoir: Bush considered replacing VP > Cheney*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/Memoir-Bush-considered-re-in-Genera...> > Cheney had volunteered to step down in 2003 so Bush could pick someone else > as his 2004 campaign running mate. Bush considered the offer, writing that > while Cheney "helped with important parts of our base, he had become a > lightning rod for criticism from the media and the left." While Bush did not > like Cheney's image as described by critics, accepting his resignation offer > would help "demonstrate that I was in charge." > > *Breitbart Out at > ABC*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/Breitbart-Out-at-ABC-in-General_New...> > Reported by AmericaBlog - links to ABC News, whose letter explains more. > > *Think Election Spending Is Excessive? Just Wait Until > '12*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/Think-Election-Spending-Is-in-Best_...> > Campaign spending is expected to hit $4 billion this election cycle, making > it the most expensive midterm campaign ever in the United States, but some > analysts predict it could be dwarfed compared to what's coming in 2012. > > *ProPublica: What Elections Could Do For the Foreclosure Crisis, FinReg, and > Other Issues We're > Watching*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/ProPublica-What-Elections-in-Best_W...> > A Republican victory would shift control of the oversight and appropriations > process in Congress, and lobbyists are hoping that means less money for > agencies like the SEC and the CFTC to hire staff and aggressively enforce > the Dodd-Frank financial regulatory reform bill passed this summer. > > *Eugene Robinson - What's behind the Tea Party's > ire?*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/Eugene-Robinson--What-s-b-in-Best_W...> > Bush was vilified by critics while he was in office but not with the > suggestion that somehow the government had been seized or usurped - that it > had fallen into hands that were not those of "the American people." Yet this > is the Tea Party suggestion about Obama. > > *Thank you Supreme Court for all the sleazy attack > ads*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/Thank-you-Supreme-Court-fo-in-Best_...> > Campaign 2010 is noteworthy for many things. Most remarkable has been the > impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision issued at the start of the year > that opened wide the spigots of corporate money flooding into this year's > election. > > *NYT Editorial: > Vote*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/NYT-Editorial--Vote-in-Best_Web_OpE...> > Republicans want to go back to more tax cuts for the rich and more free > passes for Wall Street and big corporations. Tea Party candidates are > particularly worrisome. Some want to privatize Social Security. Others want > to eliminate Medicare. Betting on the Republican establishment to temper > these excesses is a bad bet. > > *Afghan Police Unit Defects to > Taliban*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/Afghan-Police-Unit-Defects-in-Gener...> > A spokesman for the Taliban said the movement's fighters made contact with > the Khogeyani's police force, cut a deal, and then sacked and burned the > station. As many as 19 officers vanished, as did their guns, trucks, > uniforms and food. > > *4 U.S. Citizens Killed in > Mexico*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/4-U-S-Citizens-Killed-in-in-General...> > Four U.S. citizens were shot to death in separate attacks in the border city > of Ciudad Juarez over the weekend. It was not clear Tuesday how many of the > killings were related or what motivated the killers. > > *Dan Froomkin: Election Day 2010 Voting Problems Expected; Call Centers Are > Open*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/Dan-Froomkin--Election-Da-in-Best_W...> > The nation's patchwork of sometimes unreliable and unverifiable voting > mechanisms is not up to the task of reliably counting every vote. Reports of > touch-screen electronic voting machines accidentally "flipping" votes are > already coming in from around the country. > > *Olbermann suspends "Worst Persons' segment after "Sanity' > rally*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/Olbermann-suspends-Worst-in-General...> > MSNBC's Keith Olbermann announced Monday that he was suspending his well > known "Worst Persons in the World" segment until further notice with the > hope of toning down the vicious rhetoric on cable news. 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