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PEEK Newsletter January 14th, 2009 More blogs and video »

Let's Stay Focused on the Right Kind of Economic Recovery By Andy Stern, AlterNet Even after the collapse of the myth of the market, conservatives are still waging class warfare on the rest of us. Read more »   Will the Bush/Cheney Crimes Get Flushed Down the Memory Hole? By Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake I'm not sure the "villagers," such as they are, control the conversation any more. Read more »   Obama Picks Fan of Net Neutrality to Head FCC By mcjoan, Daily Kos The news is out that Obama intends to nominate his technology adviser, Julius Genachowski to head the FCC. Read more »   New Season of 24 Allows Right-Wingers to Fall In Love with Torture All Over Again By Ryan Powers, Think Progress Bauer's fictional defense of torture and his fictional claims of its effectiveness are having very real consequences. Read more »   Israeli Prime Minister Brags About Giving Orders to Bush By Steve Benen, Washington Monthly The U.S. Secretary of State helped write and "fully supports" a resolution, and then suddenly decides she doesn't want to vote for it? Read more »   Cops are Going Taser-Crazy: Teens Injured and Killed By Supposed 'Nonlethal' Weapons By Digby, Hullabaloo Here are two stories about the torture of teenagers by police with tasers ... one of whom died. Read more »   The Internet Won't Destroy Kids Afterall By Tana Ganeva, AlterNet A new report might make it a harder for conservatives and savvy politicians to profit by needlessly stoking parental fears about online predators. Read more »   Sarah Palin's Big Obama Lie By Geoffrey Dunn, Huffington Post Just when you think that Palin can't top herself ... Read more »   Coal Companies Spend Staggering Revenue on Advertising, Not Cleaner Technology or Safety By Josh Dorner, Sierra Club And what did the famously loquacious industry mouthpiece have to say about the sludge spill? Not a single word. Read more »   Afghanistan II: the Sequel We (and the Afghans) Don't Need By DJK, Brave New Films Haven't we seen this movie before? Read more »

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