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Meet the Bloggers Aug 22 & 29th!

Dear Supporter,

We at Meet the Bloggers are very pleased to tell you that Michael Moore, the Academy Award-winning activist filmmaker of SiCKO and Fahrenheit 9/11, will be our special guest this Friday, August 22 and again on August 29. The show starts at 1pm ET and we’ll be joined by bloggers Liliana Segura (AlterNet) and Cheryl Contee (Jack & Jill Politics), as well as nationally syndicated author and blogger David Sirota. Watch Mike talk with host Cenk Uygur about issues he covers in his new book, Mike’s Election Guide 2008– “With John McCain admitting that he has no idea how to use a computer,” Mike said, “we’ll be providing Sen. McCain a step-by-step tutorial on how to turn one on, log onto the internet, and send an e-mail.”  As if having Michael Moore on two shows wasn’t exciting enough, we’re also featuring a special one-on-one segment of the show on August 22 in which I will talk to Mike about the progressive impact of his films and books. And to top it all off, you can suggest text questions and video questions  for Mike and enter our contest. The best questions for Mike will win a special prize of one of Mike’s trademark hats (signed by Mike himself!), or an autographed copy of his new book Mike’s Election Guide 2008, a funny and informative tool for progressives.  Submit a question for Michael Moore

Go to Meet the Bloggers now and submit text questions and video questions  for Mike. Since this is your show, you can also submit suggestions for future guests you’d like to see, or issues you’d like discussed. Meet the Bloggers — where you’ll find all the intelligent, in-depth analysis you won’t get on any of the weekly corporate-sponsored shows. See you Friday, 1pm ET/10am PT! Don’t miss a minute of the next two episodes of: Meet the bloggers!

Yours,

Robert Greenwald
and the Brave New team

P.S. On previous episodes of Meet the Bloggers, we’ve featured Sen. Harry Reid, Rachel Maddow, Arianna Huffington, and Bernie Sanders. You can watch the entire episodes  here.. . We are located at 10510 Culver Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232 and info@bravenewfoundation.org

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Stopping World Starvation Is Easy

Eat rats to battle food crisis: Indian official

A state government in eastern India is encouraging people to eat rats in an effort to battle soaring food prices and save grain stocks.

Authorities in Bihar, one of India’s poorest states, are asking rich and poor alike to switch to eating rats in a bid to reduce the dependence on rice. They even plan to offer rats on restaurant menus.

“Eating of rats will serve twin purposes — it will save grains from being eaten away by rats and will simultaneously increase our grain stock,” Vijay Prakash, an official from the state’s welfare department, told Reuters.

Officials say almost 50 percent of India’s food grains stocks are eaten away by rodents in fields or warehouses.

Jitan Ram Manjhi, Bihar’s caste and tribe welfare minister, said rat meat was a healthy alternative to expensive rice or grains, and should be eaten by one and all.

“We are very serious to implement this project since the food crisis is turning serious day by day,” Manjhi, who has eaten rats, told Reuters.

In Bihar, rat meat is already eaten by Mushars, a group of lower caste Hindus, as well as poorer sections of society.

John Conyers: Get Rid Of Him And True Investigations Might Succeed

I am sick and tired of these blue dog asshats who do nothing except stand in the way, all-the-while trumpeting what they are doing. This old man is worthless and is one of the key reasons that Bush is able to get away with murder.

Democracy Now had Conyers on with Ron Suskind and I never heard Conyers give a reasonable answer to any question. Obfuscation and deliberate shift-changing. Why Amy would ever have this man on again will be a huge surprise to me.

She should have simply turned his damned mic off and spoke with Suskind.

POS

Nader Audio: Difference Between The Two Parties

In a word:

little.

Differences Between The Two Parties

The ’skunk’: Israeli’s Newest Weapon Against The Palestinians

Latest Israeli weapon in W Bank: The ’skunk’

The Palestinian protestors massed at the fence expected tear gas and rubber bullets; what they got instead was a putrid yellow wind, Israel’s newest weapon against West Bank demonstrators.

The noxious mist, which Israeli police refer to as “skunk,” was used for the first time earlier this month, when a truck-mounted cannon sprayed it over the heads of protestors, sending them racing down the hillside, retching and tearing off their shirts to try to escape the stench.

Dozens of Palestinians from the village of Bilin, along with international and Israeli activists, had marched to a nearby segment of Israel’s controversial separation barrier to demand its removal, just as they have done every Friday for the last three and a half years.

“No, no to settlements; no, no to the wall!” they shouted, as they waved Palestinian flags and posters of Yusef Amira, a 16-year-old shot dead by Israeli police at a protest in a neighboring village last month.

Then the skunk truck arrived, spraying a cloud of yellow mist and filling the air with the suffocating stench of faeces and urine.

More than one demonstrator said he preferred the tear gas Israeli troops usually Israeli police say “skunk” is more effective at dispersing crowds than tear gas or the more lethal rubber-coated bullets, which killed Amira.

“It’s the start of a change in tactics in dealing with crowd control and dispersing violent demonstrations and violent instances,” Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told AFP.

“It protects the protestors because it doesn’t require us to use tear gas and rubber bullets.”

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Who’s That “Nader” Dude?

I can’t tell you how many people that I petitioned that had never heard of Ralph Nader. People are oblivious to who is even running for the presidency (much less why). The reason is NOT that Ralph is a fringe whacko, but that he is intentionally being pushed to the fray by the corporate control of our government, the election process and the Big Two Parties.

Watch this 2nd Part of an interview that Dutch Merrick conducted with Ralph for one of the very best explanations of how the Big Two got the control to begin with, and more importantly, how to break the cycle.

Rednecks, we are complacent and because things have gone relatively well over the previous decade before the Bush fiasco, we have gone to sleep. The only way to take it back is for us to become more active locally. To be heard. You will be surprised how many people may agree with your stance.

Even those who are (for whatever insane reason) still supporting McCain, most want change. Somehow they are brainwashed into believing McCain will give it to them, in spite of all the evidence that he is actually McBush.