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Koinos's JournalWhy more debates are good for Clinton
According to this opinion piece, Clinton and the Democratic party as a whole are being hurt by too few debates.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-more-debates-are-good-for-clinton/2015/09/07/78d8e5c4-55
Excerpts:
The LInk Between Climate Change and Isis Is Real
"The LInk Between Climate Change and Isis Is Real," by Joe Romm
For three years now, leading security and climate experts and Syrians themselves have made the connection between climate change and the Syrian civil war. Indeed, when a major peer-reviewed study came out on in March making this very case, Retired Navy Rear Admiral David Titley said it identifies a pretty convincing climate fingerprint for the Syrian drought.
Titley, a meteorologist who led the U.S. Navys Task Force on Climate Change when he was at the Pentagon, also said, you can draw a very credible climate connection to this disaster we call ISIS right now.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/07/23/3683536/omalley-climate-change-isis/
The LInk Between Climate Change and Isis Is Real
"The LInk Between Climate Change and Isis Is Real," by Joe Romm
For three years now, leading security and climate experts and Syrians themselves have made the connection between climate change and the Syrian civil war. Indeed, when a major peer-reviewed study came out on in March making this very case, Retired Navy Rear Admiral David Titley said it identifies a pretty convincing climate fingerprint for the Syrian drought.
Titley, a meteorologist who led the U.S. Navys Task Force on Climate Change when he was at the Pentagon, also said, you can draw a very credible climate connection to this disaster we call ISIS right now.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/07/23/3683536/omalley-climate-change-isis/
Pope Francis ignites a revolt that will overthrow American capitalism
"Pope Francis ignites a revolt that will overthrow American capitalism," by Paul B. Farrell
Never. Americas narcissistic addiction to presidential politics is dumbing down our collective brain. Warning: Forget Bernie vs. Hillary. Forget the circus-clown-car distractions created by Trump vs. the GOPs Fab 15. Pope Francis is the only real political leader that matters this year. Forget the rest. Heres why:
Pope Francis is not just leading a Second American Revolution, he is rallying people across the Earth, middle class as well as poor, inciting billions to rise up in a global economic revolution, one that could suddenly sweep the planet, like the 1789 French storming the Bastille.
Unfortunately, conservative capitalists Big Oil, Koch billionaires, our GOP Congress and all fossil-fuel climate-science deniers are blind to the fact their ideology is on the wrong side of history, that by fighting a no-win battle they are committing suicide, self-destructing their own ideology.
Very comprehensive article and definitely worth a careful read.
And another excerpt:
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/pope-francis-leading-the-new-american-socialist-revolution-2015-07-20
ETA: Article by Christopher Hale in Time that Farrell refers to:
"Pope Francis Isnt Holding BackAnd U.S. Politicians Should Watch Out"
http://time.com/3953591/pope-francis-bolivia-speech/
Martin O'Malley and the Poetry of Greater Purpose
http://www.concordmonitor.com/home/17536348-95/my-turn-omalley-and-the-poetry-of-greater-purposeThanks to bigtree:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251419125
Martin O'Malley's Truman Project Foreign Policy Speech (C-Span Video)
Here is the c-span video of O'Malley's foreign policy speech at the Truman Project:
http://www.c-span.org/video/?326811-1/former-governor-martin-omalley-us-national-security
x-post from The O'Malley Group:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12811151
Martin O'Malley's Truman Project Foreign Policy Speech (C-Span Video)
Here is the c-span video of O'Malley's foreign policy speech at the Truman Project:
http://www.c-span.org/video/?326811-1/former-governor-martin-omalley-us-national-security
Martin O'Malley's Truman Project Foreign Policy Speech (C-Span Video)
Here is the c-span video of O'Malley's foreign policy speech at the Truman Project:
http://www.c-span.org/video/?326811-1/former-governor-martin-omalley-us-national-security
Hillary Clinton, the TPP, and Protecting Our Food
One of the downsides of the TPP will be its affect on food labeling and food inspection. What concerns me is that, without country of origin labeling or proper food inspection, consumers in the US will not have the information they need to make choices about food they buy. An example from the past and present that comes to mind is the US government's downplaying of the ongoing effects of the Fukushima disaster, the lack of inspection of or restrictions on imports from Japan, and the cessation of EPA testing for the presence of Radioactive particles in the air, water, and soil.
What is especially disturbing for me is Hillary Clinton's alleged role, as secretary of state, in allowing import of food products from Japan without restriction. Other nations have inspected and rejected imported goods from Japan -- including food, autos, and other products. We have yet to hear from Secretary Clinton about these issues, and I would like her to verify whether the following statement is true:
From: http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/06/15/whats-really-going-on-at-fukushima/
This is important for me. If Clinton did agree not to test food from Japan and this was done in the interest of not offending our trading partner Japan, then I would question whether the FDA under Clinton -- and even more so with tribunals compelling us to accept Japanese products (even if contaminated) -- would vigorously defend the health and well-being of American consumers.
I would like her to weigh in on this and to give an account of why other countries are screening food from Japan, but the United States is apparently not.
Edited to correct: The US has resumed testing of food from Japan, but "safe level" standards have changed, and not all types of contamination are tested.
O'Malley Improved Maryland's Tax System
O'Malley didn't just talk about about raising taxes on the rich; he did it:
Early in his term, OMalley made a substantial revenue increase the centerpiece of his economic agenda.
The most notable piece of this package was a progressive measure, the millionaires tax, which temporarily created a slightly higher new tax bracket applicable solely to taxpayers with taxable income in excess of $1 million. This change raised millions in much-needed revenue from the very wealthiest Marylandersa group that could clearly afford to pay more since, at that time (PDF), the top 1 percent of taxpayers in Maryland paid just 6.2 percent of their income in state and local taxes compared to an effective tax rate of almost 10 percent for the bottom 20 percent of earners.
These taxes were progressive and unpopular among the wealthy. As were these:
Some tax increases were regressive and unpopular, such as tax increases on gasoline, cigarettes, and sales. Yet even these helped to maintain services throughout the state:
O'Malley has also called for an increase in capital gains taxes:
http://njtoday.net/2015/06/11/progressive-grous-says-omalley-improved-marylands-tax-system/
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