The overall message
that the tone needs to change, was not lost on any of us," Olbermann
said on
his Monday show
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In a last ditch effort to compete with Ron Popeil infomercials at 4
AM.
"Set it, and forget me!"
We have, Nancy-boy, we have
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> *Bloodbath; The USA Repudiates Obama, Emanuel, Bluedogs, The DLC, DNC,
> Pelosi, Reid, Dodd... Good
> Riddance!*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Bloodbath-The-USA-Repudia-by-Rob-Kal...>
> Republican red. This represents the Democratic bloodbath."
>
> *By Rob Kall*
> *Now What?*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Now-What-by-Rob-Kall-101102-308.html>
> In the aftermath of the tsunami, what do we do? What's going to happen?
>
> *By Bob Burnett*
> *After the Disaster: Four Lessons for
> Democrats*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/After-the-Disaster-Four-L-by-Bob-Bur...>
> In March, while driving in the California mountains, my car skidded on ice
> and hit a semi head on. The crash foreshadowed the disaster suffered by
> Democrats on November 2nd, where the Obama bus was mangled by a Republican
> freight train. The difference being that the Democratic catastrophe could
> have been avoided.
>
> *By Roger Shuler*
> *Dixiecrats Are Gone, But Their Influence Lives on in 2010 Midterm Elections
> *<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Dixiecrats-Are-Gone-But-T-by-Roger-S...>
> Yesterday's midterms indicate we haven't made as much progress in 62 years
> as many of us might think.
>
> *By Bill Wetzel*
> *America Has Spoken And It Said: "Hell No We
> Can't!!!"*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/America-Has-Spoken-And-It-by-Bill-We...>
> The American people have voted for cynicism and against their own interests.
> As a result of Republican gains and wins in Congress, more people will
> suffer and our country will endure frivolous investigations and absurd
> legislation while reform and other issues go by the wayside.
>
> *By Danny Schechter*
> *IT IS STILL THE ECONOMY, STUPID; WHAT WILL VOTERS
> GET?*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/IT-IS-STILL-THE-ECONOMY-S-by-Danny-S...>
> The Day After: What Will Happen To The Economy?
>
> *By Stephen Lendman*
> *Haiti's Cholera Outbreak: A Disease of
> Poverty*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Haiti-s-Cholera-Outbreak--by-Stephen...>
> Victimized Haitians remain vulnerable to the worst ahead, cholera one of
> many problems.
>
> *By paul craig roberts*
> *The New American Credo: Might Is
> Right*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-New-American-Credo--M-by-paul-cr...>
> The Republican takeover was completed by an infusion of corporate money into
> NPR. Today the station has as many advertisements for corporate donors as a
> commercial station. It still pretends to be financed by listeners, but NPR
> is now part of the corporate media and sounds like the voice of Israel.
>
> *The Comeback of the Republicans and the Rise of the Tea Party -- The Result
> of the Democrats'
> Failure*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/The-Comeback-of-the-Republ-in-Best_...>
> A democratic socialist analysis of why the Democratic Party collapsed and
> the discredited Republican Party is already back in control of the House.
>
> *By Andrew Schmookler*
> *Thoughts on What Obama Should and Should Not Say at His Post Midterm
> Election Press Conference*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Thoughts-on-What-Obama-Sho-by-Andrew...>
> If, as expected, the Republicans make significant gains, Obama should speak
> in a way that sounds conciliatory, but also begins to lay the trap into
> which the Republicans can be brought down.
>
> *By Reynard Loki*
> *The Village That Reinvented the
> World*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Village-That-Reinvente-by-Reynar...>
> Almost four decades ago, Gaviotas was started as a sustainable community in
> one of the harshest places in South America. It has worked -- largely
> because of trees.
>
> *By Dr. Tom Termotto*
> *Strangelets, Black Holes and the GOD
> Particle*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Strangelets-Black-Holes-a-by-Dr-Tom-...>
> The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and highest-energy
> particle accelerator that straddles the border of France and Switzerland, is
> quite busy lately playing with the most basic ingredients of the universe.
> Much of humanity is completely oblivious to what is taking place there, even
> though the elemental forces of creation are being manipulated as never
> before. Perhaps it's time to take a closer look at ....
>
> *By Tony Irwin*
> *Credit Scores and the Madness of
> Crowds*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Credit-Scores-and-the-Madn-by-Tony-I...>
> This article expounds on the way that society has placed an overemphasis on
> the importance of one's credit score, and why this is simply another product
> of advertisement.
>
> *By Brent Budowsky*
> *"Second Amendment Solutions": Why Everyone MUST
> Vote*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Second-Amendment-Solution-by-Brent-B...>
> The notion that America is turning to the right is a fraud perpetrated by
> the right, pushed by Republicans, repeated like parrots by the mainstream
> media. If everybody votes, Democrats win.
>
> *By Sally McMillan*
> *The've Still Got It
> Wrong*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-ve-Still-Got-It-Wrong-by-Sally-M...>
> AS Barney Frank said, "How many times do you need to be hit over the head
> before you realize you can't work with them?"
>
> *By Bud Goodall*
> *The Morning After: What Went Wrong & What We Can Do With Narrative to Make
> it Right*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Morning-After-What-We-by-Bud-Goo...>
> The president failed to communicate the good work he was doing, failed to
> provide the core narrative that good government is all about promoting the
> public good, and failed to realize that most Americans pay more attention to
> soundbites and signs and anger than we do to calm rationality and a cool
> demeanor. This is a war of ideas, and every day we engage in a battle of
> narratives ... each and every one of us.
>
> *By E.David Ferriman*
> *America Must Start Moving Forward
> Faster*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/America-Must-Start-Moving-by-E-David...>
> The New Dream for America is equality and an ever forward vision for a
> better future for the coming generations. Lets stop talking about it and
> lets work together and make it happen.
>
> *California says 'no' to legalizing marijuana
> cultivation*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/California-says-no-to-le-in-General...>
> In a landmark ballot measure that tested the boundaries of the public's
> acceptance of pot, California voters decided Tuesday night they're still not
> ready to legalize marijuana smoking as a leisure activity.
>
> *6 Terrorists Inspired by Fox News and Glenn
> Beck*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/6-Terrorists-Inspired-by-F-in-Gener...>
> Fox -- and Glenn Beck in particular -- seem to be inspiring conservatives to
> engage in armed civil war with their liberal neighbors. Here are six actual
> terrorists inspired by Fox News. They have killed six Americans and wounded
> six others between them. (Seven, if you count the woman who took a sneaker
> to the skull from Paul's man):
>
> *By Rob Kall*
> *Moonies Take Back Washington
> Times*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Moonies-Take-Back-Washingt-by-Rob-Ka...>
> The right wing Washington Times is changing hands, from a team run by Sun
> Myung Moon's son Preston to a team of former Washington Times employees.
> This sale, for one dollar plus assumption of millions in debt, is seen as a
> transfer of control back to Sun Myung Moon.
>
> *By Kevin Gosztola*
> *Democratic Strategy of Trying to Beat Republicans By Trying to Be a Better
> Republican Miserably
> Fails*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Democratic-Strategy-of-Try-by-Kevin-...>
> The Democratic Party strategy that there are only about 170 districts in the
> country that are "liberal" and the rest must field "centrist" or "downright
> conservative" candidates to win didn't work. Conservative districts didn't
> go for centrists. They went Republican.
>
> *By Timothy Gatto*
> *Election Day Blues*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Election-Day-Blues-by-Timothy-Gatto-...>
> I sat and watched MSNBC and watched them make their assessments about why
> the Democrats lost so badly. Well the fact that the President didn't do
> anything but reward his campaign contributors with a massive deficit causing
> bail-out while turning its back on the manufacturing sector wasn't a real
> vote-getter
>
> *By Marta Steele*
> *Democracy or Dumbocracy? Only the Vote Counters Know for
> Sure*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Democracy-or-Dumbocracy-O-by-Marta-S...>
> Random thoughts as election results trickle in and my spirits sink.
>
> *By Joyce McCloy*
> *Voting News: Vote flipping in Indiana, Maryland, Penn. 10,000 calls to
> 866OURVOTE*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Voting-News-Vote-flipping-by-Joyce-M...>
> 866-OUR-VOTE received over 10,000 calls today. Top states include CA, GA &
> PA. Some in today's news. Would you believe Alabama didn't have enough pens,
> so used pencils to mark ballots, causing probs? ..MD Diebold touchscreens
> flip votes from GOP to DEM!..CA awaits millions of mail ballots..probs with
> epoll books,paper poll books, power outages,locked up ballots,polling place
> moves, machine shutdowns, vote flipping, scams...
>
> *By Cenk Uygur*
> *Why Are Democrats Going to Lose When They Are More
> Popular?*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Why-Are-Democrats-Going-to-by-Cenk-U...>
> There is a fascinating disparity in these 2010 elections. When asked which
> party will cope better with the issues facing this country over the next
> couple of years, Democrats win 42-38%. When asked who will handle the
> economy better, Democrats win 44-37%. When asked which party you approve of
> more in Congress, Democrats win 36-30%. Yet, they're about to get wiped out.
>
> * Latest Articles*
> ------------------------------
>
> *Americans to be Pummeled by Yet Another "Sky-Is-Falling" Pro-Meatpacker
> Study*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Americans-to-be-Pummeled-b-by-R-CALF...>
> "We're not expecting anything even close to the truth when these
> pro-meatpacker groups unveil their self-serving study, and based on the
> history of the consulting firm they've used and the hype they're trying to
> generate, we'd better be prepared for a spectacular deception,"
>
> *Elections, selections, and
> projections*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Elections-selections-and-by-Bob-Patt...>
> Tuesday is a big day for horse races of both the metaphorical and acutal
> kinds.
>
> *Giants Win World Series
> !*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Giants-Win-World-Series--by-Allen-L-...>
> The curse has been lifted ~ 52 years ago ( 1958 ) the New York Giants packed
> up their bags and abandoned New York for San Francisco and left millions of
> East Coast Giant fans in the lurch without their favorite team, which had
> recently swept the Cleveland Indians in the 1954 World Series. New York
> never forgave them until they finally caved in 2010 when Bochy's cardiac
> kids captured their hearts.
>
> *Don't Worry, Be
> Happy!*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Don-t-Worry-Be-Happy-by-Kathy-Malloy...>
> Don't worry -- be happy! The Midterms still represent a big problem for the
> Democrats -- they're going to be voted down as a direct consequence of their
> dithering and leaderlessness -- but the political reality is that the world
> is not going to end."
>
> *Scorpio New Moon November 5-6,
> 2010*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Scorpio-New-Moon-November-by-Cathy-L...>
> The Scorpio New Moon, occurring on November 5th at 9:52pm Pacific time and
> on November 6th at 12:52 Eastern time, is very powerful this year because it
> sits alone in the sky. It makes no major aspects to other planets, and so we
> are left alone with ourselves to dive deep and explore the scorpionic themes
> of death and rebirth. The new seeds we plant must gestate in darkness for a
> while.
>
> *Obama prepares to expand military attacks in
> Yemen*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Obama-prepares-to-expand-m-by-Bill-v...>
> the Wall Street Journal editorial page invoked the Yemeni terror allegations
> as justification for the Obama administration's declared intention to carry
> out the "targeted killing" of a US citizen, Anwar al Awlaki. It further
> argues that the latest terror scare "underscores how crucial it is that US
> intelligence be able to eavesdrop on email and phone conversations" without
> having to obtain a warrant.
>
> *Tomgram: Engelhardt, Pentagon Lovers and Welfare
> Queens*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Tomgram-Engelhardt-Penta-by-Tom-Enge...>
> By the time you read this, I'll already have voted -- the single most
> reflexive political act of my life -- in the single most dispiriting
> election I can remember. As I haven't missed a midterm or presidential
> election since my first vote in 1968, that says something. Or maybe by the
> time you've gotten to this, the results of the 2010 midterm elections will
> be in. In either case, I'll try to explain just why you don't reall
>
> *November 2, 2010: The Day Our Democracy
> Teetered?*<http://www.opednews.com/articles/November-2-2010-The-Day-by-Roger-Shu...>
> If today's midterm elections go as expected, it does not bode well for our
> future.
>
> * Best News Links from the Web*
> ------------------------------
>
> *Letter to a whiny young
> Democrat*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/Letter-to-a-whiny-young-De-in-Best_...>
> The U.S. House of Representatives, the most insufferable gaggle of political
> mongrels this side of, well, the rest of Congress, reverts to GOP control
> like a brain tumor reverts to a more aggressive form of cancer, and
> everything gets bleaker and sadder and, frankly, a whole lot nastier.
>
> *David Corn: And 2010's Biggest Winner
> Is*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/David-Corn--And-2010-s-Bi-in-Best_W...>
> Campaign finance reform advocates are in total despair. For decades, they
> have tried to lessen the impact of special interest money on the political
> system. (The House Democrats passed Obama-backed legislation earlier this
> year to force disclosure of contributors, but the bill stalled in the
> GOP-obstructed Senate.) Now the dam seems gone, blown up, in rubble.
>
> *Gerald Celente: Break the Chains
> !!!*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/Gerald-Celente-Break-the-in-Best_We...>
> Gerald Celente, national pundit and trends forecaster, analyzes the November
> elections and predicts the aftermath.
>
> *Scores killed as series of bombs rock a dazed
> Baghdad*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/Scores-killed-as-series-of-in-Gener...>
> Sixteen bombs struck Baghdad on Tuesday, exploding near crowded coffee shops
> and a Shiite mosque and bringing a city still reeling from a major attack
> Sunday to a standstill. at least 63 people were killed and almost 250
> wounded in what security officials said were car bombs and roadside bombs 鈥"
> most of them detonated over the space of less than 90 minutes.
>
> *THE ROVING EYE: A New Model for the Americas: Democratic Brazil, not
> Plutocratic US*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/THE-ROVING-EYE-A-New-Mode-in-Best_W...>
> With the USA on the verge of going even farther retrograde into Corpocracy,
> Plutocracy and Oligarchy, with genuinely psychotic and reactionary political
> forces coming to the halls of power now, what country in the Western
> Hemisphere has the character to offer a progressive model that can empower
> all people, not a voracious few? Yes, Brazil, which has just seen Lula's
> chosen successor, Dilma Roussef, elected to the presidency.
>
> *Memoir: Bush considered replacing VP
> Cheney*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/Memoir-Bush-considered-re-in-Genera...>
> Cheney had volunteered to step down in 2003 so Bush could pick someone else
> as his 2004 campaign running mate. Bush considered the offer, writing that
> while Cheney "helped with important parts of our base, he had become a
> lightning rod for criticism from the media and the left." While Bush did not
> like Cheney's image as described by critics, accepting his resignation offer
> would help "demonstrate that I was in charge."
>
> *Breitbart Out at
> ABC*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/Breitbart-Out-at-ABC-in-General_New...>
> Reported by AmericaBlog - links to ABC News, whose letter explains more.
>
> *Think Election Spending Is Excessive? Just Wait Until
> '12*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/Think-Election-Spending-Is-in-Best_...>
> Campaign spending is expected to hit $4 billion this election cycle, making
> it the most expensive midterm campaign ever in the United States, but some
> analysts predict it could be dwarfed compared to what's coming in 2012.
>
> *ProPublica: What Elections Could Do For the Foreclosure Crisis, FinReg, and
> Other Issues We're
> Watching*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/ProPublica-What-Elections-in-Best_W...>
> A Republican victory would shift control of the oversight and appropriations
> process in Congress, and lobbyists are hoping that means less money for
> agencies like the SEC and the CFTC to hire staff and aggressively enforce
> the Dodd-Frank financial regulatory reform bill passed this summer.
>
> *Eugene Robinson - What's behind the Tea Party's
> ire?*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/Eugene-Robinson--What-s-b-in-Best_W...>
> Bush was vilified by critics while he was in office but not with the
> suggestion that somehow the government had been seized or usurped - that it
> had fallen into hands that were not those of "the American people." Yet this
> is the Tea Party suggestion about Obama.
>
> *Thank you Supreme Court for all the sleazy attack
> ads*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/Thank-you-Supreme-Court-fo-in-Best_...>
> Campaign 2010 is noteworthy for many things. Most remarkable has been the
> impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision issued at the start of the year
> that opened wide the spigots of corporate money flooding into this year's
> election.
>
> *NYT Editorial:
> Vote*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/NYT-Editorial--Vote-in-Best_Web_OpE...>
> Republicans want to go back to more tax cuts for the rich and more free
> passes for Wall Street and big corporations. Tea Party candidates are
> particularly worrisome. Some want to privatize Social Security. Others want
> to eliminate Medicare. Betting on the Republican establishment to temper
> these excesses is a bad bet.
>
> *Afghan Police Unit Defects to
> Taliban*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/Afghan-Police-Unit-Defects-in-Gener...>
> A spokesman for the Taliban said the movement's fighters made contact with
> the Khogeyani's police force, cut a deal, and then sacked and burned the
> station. As many as 19 officers vanished, as did their guns, trucks,
> uniforms and food.
>
> *4 U.S. Citizens Killed in
> Mexico*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/4-U-S-Citizens-Killed-in-in-General...>
> Four U.S. citizens were shot to death in separate attacks in the border city
> of Ciudad Juarez over the weekend. It was not clear Tuesday how many of the
> killings were related or what motivated the killers.
>
> *Dan Froomkin: Election Day 2010 Voting Problems Expected; Call Centers Are
> Open*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/Dan-Froomkin--Election-Da-in-Best_W...>
> The nation's patchwork of sometimes unreliable and unverifiable voting
> mechanisms is not up to the task of reliably counting every vote. Reports of
> touch-screen electronic voting machines accidentally "flipping" votes are
> already coming in from around the country.
>
> *Olbermann suspends "Worst Persons' segment after "Sanity'
> rally*<http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/Olbermann-suspends-Worst-in-General...>
> MSNBC's Keith Olbermann announced Monday that he was suspending his well
> known "Worst Persons in the World" segment until further notice with the
> hope of toning down the vicious rhetoric on cable news. "The overall message
> that the tone needs to change, was not lost on any of us," Olbermann said on
> his Monday show
>
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