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AlterNet: The Mix is the Message   Headlines Newsletter
April 15th, 2009
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Fake Teabaggers Are Anti-Spend, Anti-Government: Real Populists Want to Stop Banks from Plundering America  

Fake Teabaggers Are Anti-Spend, Anti-Government: Real Populists Want to Stop Banks from Plundering America
By Mark Ames, Yasha Levine, Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet
The tea parties are AstroTurf -- fake-grassroots. But there is a real movement growing against corporate greed and government malfeasance. Read more »

Tax Day: You Pay Your Taxes -- Why Don't the Rich Pay Their Share?  

Tax Day: You Pay Your Taxes -- Why Don't the Rich Pay Their Share?

Few Americans realize just how incredibly little our nation's wealthy now pay in taxes. Our grandparents seriously taxed the rich. Why can't we? Read more »

Young and Gay in the Bible Belt:  

Young and Gay in the Bible Belt: "My Mom Came at Me With a Butcher Knife!"

For many Bible Belt gays, "home" is not a haven from the outside world. Home may be more dangerous than the streets. Read more »

Fidel Castro: Mr. Obama, the Blockade of Cuba Takes Lives and Brings Suffering  

Fidel Castro: Mr. Obama, the Blockade of Cuba Takes Lives and Brings Suffering

Obama has so far been silent about revoking the harshest of measures against Cuba: the blockade. Read more »

Scarlett Johansson: Sexist Tabloids Make Me Feel Bad About My Weight and Body  

Scarlett Johansson: Sexist Tabloids Make Me Feel Bad About My Weight and Body

10 million women and 1 million men in the U.S. battle eating disorders. Our trashy media doesn't help. Read more »

Is Thailand on the Brink of Civil War?  

Is Thailand on the Brink of Civil War?

As conflicts between two political groups threaten to tear Thailand apart, its ailing king may not be able to keep the country together. Read more »

Taliban Gunmen Murder Leading Afghan Women's Rights Activist  

Taliban Gunmen Murder Leading Afghan Women's Rights Activist

"This cold-blooded assassination puts in question the direction that Afghanistan is heading," warns the director of the UN Development Fund for Women. Read more »

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A Quick Post for Those Not in the Know: Teabagging ... a Definition  

A Quick Post for Those Not in the Know: Teabagging ... a Definition

Alright. I was hoping it wouldn't come to this, but here we are. Read more »

Enough Dead Pirate Porn: The Press is Relishing the Killing of Three Teenage Pirates With Disturbing Zeal  

Enough Dead Pirate Porn: The Press is Relishing the Killing of Three Teenage Pirates With Disturbing Zeal

It's creepy to see so many Americans are exulting over the fact that the United States military managed to shoot three teenagers. Read more »

Teabagging Parties Gear Up to Put Unicorn Nuts on Your Face  

Teabagging Parties Gear Up to Put Unicorn Nuts on Your Face

Even teabagging advocates have no fucking idea what it is they're endorsing. Read more »

Even More AmazonFAIL: 'It was the French! Seriously!' How Not to Handle a Social Media Rampage  

Even More AmazonFAIL: 'It was the French! Seriously!' How Not to Handle a Social Media Rampage

Amazon is blaming their PR nightmare on their French brethren. Read more »

 

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