Why Do Americans Keep Getting Suckered By Blatant Right-Wing Lies?

Almost half of the public is either misinformed or subject to unanswered right wing narratives. If I believed that there was a chance of Sharia law being imposed in the United States I too would be gravely concerned. If I believed that most Europeans and Canadians had inferior health care to that of average Americans, I too would be against health care reform. If I believed that man-made global warning did not exist or that there were nothing we could do about it and that environmental efforts were responsible for unemployment I'd be against cap and trade. If I believed that prisoner abuse would make my family significantly less likely to be killed by terrorists, my thinking about torture would be different. And if I believed that the problems with the economy had been caused by too much government instead of too little, that my personal freedom was threatened by the government instead of large corporations, I'd probably be in a tea party supporter and a Republican.

http://www.afroarticles.com/article-dashboard/Article/Why-Do-Americans-Keep-Getting-Suckered-By-Blatant-Right-Wing-Lies-/213139?sms_ss=reddit&at_xt=4ceb88935c957486,0

U.S. Corporate Profits Rose in Third Quarter

The nation’s workers may be struggling, but American companies just had their best quarter ever.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/24/business/economy/24econ.html?_r=1&src=twrhp

Seattle's Real Life Superheroes: An Instant Guide

Seattle investigators have identified nine costumed individuals: Buster Doe, Catastrophe, Gemini, Green Reaper, No Name, Penelope, Phoenix Jones the Guardian of Seattle, Thorn, and Thunder 88. Phoenix Jones, a 22-year-old man who patrols the street in a black cape, fedora, white belt, and mask, revealed his real identity to Seattle police in early November. He is normally driven around by woman who, wearing no costume, stays in the car while he performs his superhero duties.

http://theweek.com/article/index/209642/seattles-real-life-superheroes-an-instant-guide

US Human Development by State: Interacting with America

http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2010/11/us_human_development_state

Gitmo Inmates Settlement: Why Britain Decided to Pay

There is always a price to be paid for keeping secret intelligence secret. On Tuesday, the British government paid it by agreeing on a compensation settlement with 16 Guantánamo Bay detainees — all but one who are now free — who claim they were tortured during their time in captivity. And according to speculation by the British media, that price — which is confidential — is anywhere between £5 million ($8 million) and £10 million ($15 million), with at least one of the alleged victims set to be made a millionaire as a result. But that hefty sum also buys the U.K. the guarantee of confidentiality in its controversial dealings with Guantánamo prisoners — and may even have avoided a rift with U.S. Intelligence agencies.

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2032004,00.html?xid=newsletter-weekly

Glenn Beck Repackages Alex Jones' Ideas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KUvXp1tgNA

Sarah Palin's derp Face

http://s-ak.buzzfed.com/static/imagebuzz/web04/2010/11/22/10/anigif_the-definitive-gif-from-sarah-palins-tlc-show-9576-1290438871-11.gif

Rupert Murdoch Creates"iNewspaper" - With the Help of Steve Jobs

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/nov/21/ipad-newspaper-steve-jobs-rupert-murdoch

Mitt Romney's 'Wild and Dramatic' Pandering

The more he realizes that his target audience isn't buying his act, the more wild and dramatic his antics become.

http://theweek.com/article/index/204835/mitt-romneys-wild-and-dramatic-pandering

ReaganBushDebt.org

The Current ReaganBush Debt is:
$12,870,661,070,913.60
which means that in a total of 20 years,
these three presidents have led to the creation of
93.22%
of the entire national debt

http://reaganbushdebt.org

Warren Buffett: I 'Should Be Paying A Lot More In Taxes'

Billionaire Warren Buffett rebutted claims that the Obama administration is unjustly hurting business orders with high taxes by saying that in fact, the wealthy have never had it so good.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/21/warren-buffett-paying-more-taxes_n_786516.html?xyz=123

Dutch To Ban Cannabis Sales To Tourists

In a hare-brained move, the new conservative government of the Netherlands said on Wednesday it plans to ban tourists from buying cannabis in its famed "coffee shops," where hash and marijuana are legally sold. The shops have become a very popular attraction for travelers from other countries.

http://www.tokeofthetown.com/2010/11/netherlands_to_ban_cannabis_sales_to_tourists.php

A Piggy Bank Made from a Real Piglet?

The Winnipeg Humane Society called the "piglet bank" an "in-your-face trivialization of what was once a living being." The Cheeky co-owner Colin Hart, who intended the product as a joke, says he's been getting "hateful emails and death threats." Hart says he's priced the bank so high — $4,000 — that he probably won't get any takers, but that, if a buyer does come forward, he'll use a piglet that died of natural causes.

http://theweek.com/article/index/209445/a-piggy-bank-made-from-a-real-piglet

Ron Paul Introduces 'American Traveler Dignity Act'

http://paul.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1796&Itemid=60

Palin’s Unfavorables Reach all Time High

She's coming off a successful midterm election season, is on the heels of releasing a second book, and about to star in an adventure-packed reality television show, but Sarah Palin's poll numbers are going in the wrong direction.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/12/palins-unfavorables-reach-all-time-high

DNA Test Suggests Texas May Have Executed An Innocent Man

Claude Jones always claimed that he wasn’t the man who walked into an East Texas liquor store in 1989 and shot the owner. He professed his innocence right up until the moment he was strapped to a gurney in the Texas execution chamber and put to death on Dec. 7, 2000. His murder conviction was based on a single piece of forensic evidence recovered from the crime scene—a strand of hair—that prosecutors claimed belonged to Jones.

But DNA tests completed this week at the request of the Observer and the New York-based Innocence Project show the hair didn’t belong to Jones after all. The day before his death in December 2000, Jones asked for a stay of execution so the strand of hair could be submitted for DNA testing. He was denied by then-Gov. George W. Bush.

http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/dna-test-suggests-texas-may-have-executed-an-innocent-man

Porpoises Rescue Dick Van Dyke

Mary Poppins star feared death after apparently falling asleep on his surfboard but friendly sea creatures pushed him to shore.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/nov/11/dick-van-dyke-porpoises-rescue

Has George W. Bush Become a More Sympathetic Character?

In his first in-depth interview since leaving office, President George W. Bush spoke with NBC's Matt Lauer in an hour-long program Monday night. From 9/11 to the invasion of Iraq to Hurricane Katrina to the Wall Street meltdown, Bush reflected on the major decisions of his presidency, as discussed in his new memoir "Decision Points." Though he expressed remorse about a number of moments during his reign, he stood behind his most controversial actions.

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/opinions/view/opinion/Has-George-W-Bush-Become-a-More-Sympathetic-Character-5711

How Republicans and Their Big Business Allies Duped Tens of Millions of Evangelicals into Voting for a Corporate Agenda

The bible-thumping white underclass have given a big boost to the corporate bottom line.

http://www.alternet.org/story/148795/how_republicans_and_their_big_business_allies_duped_tens_of_millions_of_evangelicals_into_voting_for_a_corporate_agenda?page=entire

Washington DC's 'Mysterious' Blue UFO

An odd light was filmed hovering near the nation's capital last week. Are aliens preparing to land on the White House lawn — or was a prankster just having some fun?,

http://theweek.com/article/index/209130/washington-dcs-mysterious-blue-ufo