although it looks like indiana tragically is going to go down this road. just. the good the bad and the very very tricky but there are a silly ugly the good. masses dars city dobby despite being home to eight percent of the world's proven oil reserves abu dhabi is making strides in moving away from oil and towards green energy the government of that small nation has invested billions of dollars in a mazda our city which is a planned city development will be finished by two thousand and twenty five and one of the greenest cities in the world master will be home to forty thousand people who all use electric vehicles and all energy in the city will be produced through photovoltaic wind and geothermal power even though they have literally oil in

their backyards. the recognizes that now is the time to develop and shift to green energy technology time the united states the same thing the bad tennessee state representative joe reagan and the tennessee state legislature raygun a state representative from tennessee read recently compared homosexuality to pedophilia prostitution and murder and also said that homosexuality could be controlled by mentally healthy adult human beings or by clinics run by michele bachmann's husband these comments come in support of proposed legislation in tennessee. fifty three what many are calling the license to bully bill because it would protect bullies protect bullies who harass students based on their sexual orientation along with house building fifty three the state legislature will also consider a bill that prevents school teachers from discussing or providing information on social looks like rick santorum is going to be moving to and see what his

presidential bid fails. and the very very ugly oklahoma state senator ralph shorty file this under absolutely insane legislation shorty recently conducted extensive research into his state's use of human fetuses in its food after reading less than credible reports apparently on the interwar that stated that companies may have used them cells in the production of food at some point i'm sure to introduce legislation that would prohibit the manufacture and sale of food which quote contains aboard human fetuses and put in an explanation to a local radio station shortie said there is a potential of there are companies that are using aborted human fetuses in their research and development for basically enhancing flavor for artificial flavors who want to know that aborted foetuses could enhance the flavor of our foods however when asked shorty was unable to provide any specific examples of human fetuses

being used in food no kidding well stem cells can be used in nutrition and food research we're not talking about embryonic or human stem cells nor are there actual human babies in our food. big thanks to big government which is looking out to make sure we don't eat babies and that's a very fear of. president obama said the state of our union is getting stronger unfortunately for our neighbors across the pond the same can't be said about the united kingdom and half a dozen or so other european countries as well it's been more than a year and a half since david cameron and his conservative party rose to power in the u.k. on a platform of bringing austerity spending cuts in government layoffs to a nation fighting a recession and mounting debt. you know that same kind of us austerity that

republicans here are trying to bring to the united states of massive budget cuts after a year and a half the results are in austerity flat out doesn't work let's just look at the numbers in the final quarter of two thousand and ten when cameron's austerity agenda went into effect the british economy shrank by a half percent then rebounded slightly in the first three quarters of two thousand and eleven but not exactly the type of growth that could turn around an economy and now today we've learned that in the last quarter of two thousand and eleven the british economy is once again going backwards contracting at two tenths of a percent the i.m.f. slashed economic growth forecast for the u.k. in two thousand and twelve and more and more brits are turning against cameron's austerity that was unclear display last august when young people who couldn't find a job and were watching the british social safety net fray decided to set london on fire for five straight days and for the last two years we've seen similar riots in

greece as austerity was shoved down the greek people's throats too bad economy by the way shrank more than five percent last year how much more evidence do we need that austerity is a bad idea to austerity is for the good of the economy or frankly even for the good of the people austerity is a religion it's a belief system and there's no proof anywhere that it will stimulate an economy none but it does hit average working people and particularly badly hits poor people oh and by the way doesn't affect the lives of rich people a bit if think that may have something to do with why all these banks and millionaire pundits on t.v. and the millionaires who make up the majority of our national politicians in the republican party like austerity so much. as long as the people are forced by austerity to pay the price for the damage caused in the two thousand and eight bush

financial collapse and not the banks toure's not the billionaires than international markets are happy and this is why it's both stupid policy and morally wrong an economy is not just supposed to be a tool to be used by rich people to increase their riches and economy is a living breathing organism made up of all of us and depends on all of us or at least most of us to be financially secure for the economy to keep breathing people need to have jobs so they'll have enough money in their pockets to buy things each time working people go out and buy stuff the economy breeds but austerity stars and economy especially during times of recession are we keeping economic growth like europe is experiencing think of this as the living breathing body of the economy it's made up of all of us each of us are cells and organs doing our part to contribute to our bodies economy so that it grows and flourishes but when our body

economy goes into recession it's like the food supply gets cut off people lose their jobs people lose their homes no one is spending money the cells stop working the organs slow down or fall away the body economy begins to disintegrate people have no money so they're not buying things and they're not buying things company have has no demands they're not hiring anybody or a body economy it starts to vanish pieces of it going away it needs food to stay healthy it needs an employer and a spender of last resort and guess where that food comes from that spender of last resort if it's not available the marketplace it's the government after world war two this is what germany looked like the german economy was essentially dead everything was bombed out but today this is what germany looks like. how is the german economy saved here's a hint. it wasn't for letting the free economy do its work and it wasn't because

the german government said we have no money so let's cut spending now the german economy and nation was saved through massive government spending through the marshall plan we gave huge amounts of money to germany to rebuild and the germans did rebuild they got the food they needed they got their economy back on its feet again and today germany is the fourth largest economy in the world and the largest economy in europe that's what government spending does when an economy is destroyed but austerity holds back the much needed food it cuts off the demand for goods and services the puts people back to work and resuscitate the economy and lets the enter of recession just continue to eat away and eat away until the body economy dies it'll make debt worse since people aren't collecting paychecks and paying taxes but instead of getting government benefits so revenues go down and expenses go up i ask world renowned economist steve keen why austerity is even an option and he gave me this bloody answer but pretty even without something as stupid as

a master of trading austerity actually pushes you backwards and each time you attempt to do it you end up with a bigoted problem than you had beforehand why would these people buy into this notion that you can somehow cut yourself to prosperity i think it's because unfortunately a totally in sign theory of economics which is superficially plausible but fundamentally inside and has taken over the economics profession. yet this fundamentally insane idea is exactly what we're seeing played out in the u.k. and in greece and bizarrely it's what republicans want to bring to the united states let's not follow europe down that rabbit hole into economic collapse through austerity and economy isn't here for the banks toure's in the rich it's here for all of us and no nation in the history of this planet has ever cut its way to prosperity so let's stop trying that's the big picture for tonight for more information on the stories we covered visit our websites of thom hartmann dot com

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vying for votes online a new dynamic in russian politics as millions of people take to the internet at the presidential elections with videos and creative campaigning holding sway than ever . the u.n. is under pressure to act on syria following the departure of six gulf nations from the arab league observers mission to the conflict torn country. and to enforce an anti. poland stance is of people onto the streets late of cyber attacks on government websites. and in the business bulletin the world economic forum in davos

the head of a new state agency tells business. companies will become three times cheaper for the details than twenty nine. twenty four hours a day you're watching r t it's the online election battle front where nothing is off limits as russia's presidential campaign political activists moving away from traditional tactics embracing the internet whether promoting ideas or spreading this web campaigning is playing a bigger part than ever before. as the story. doesn't want is that you were right is a closer look at the grey suits and ties and slogans cold out from the poor d.m. of the traditional election season fair but they're no longer considered police.

today's compay ning has gone online in a hot new trend in russia. with programs and bloggers making fun of the opposition portraying them in prayer outside the u.s. embassy on sundays claiming they are connected to the us state department and the opposition filming funny cartoons about politicians made out of lego. getting information out there is becoming easier all the time but the internet is a very different medium to television while on t.v. it's enough to just look into the camera like this to viewers' attention not so although that to me you are. reaching millions of lines it's not a lot it just. it also has to be brazen and sometimes project

a whole different image. it's no surprise then that putin as a character from harry puta became an overnight hit it's an industry doing the symbol. of i don't see what i see you stuck with something yes they go to the caribbean they're going to. make. sure that the quickest when you're going to do. but i got there but it was just me them. but i don't compete it's up to you about you apart from catching images memorable catchphrases are used against those in the corridors of power opposition blogger alex in the valley was the first upload his shot which is tongue online a year ago he labeled the ruling united russia party of the apes and scoundrels the insulting phrase at first appeared on the net but quickly migrated to almost every magine of all media in russia and beyond a year after the party won in the parliamentary elections and reworked the

catchphrase felicity's a vote for the party of thieves and scoundrels for ten years of economic growth with the party of these in scoundrels united russia. the mastermind behind that video and state duma deputy robert proved his party can also fight its wars online broke out superpowers the use of being able to my aim was to provoke her to pin reality darker than that is often i don't agree with such statements in my videos but they do work but i see these putin that russia without putin would rise why not give away your country your beautiful girlfriend to some foreign guys what will happen to the caucuses nothing less just give it away to you spawning a war technically the video is made a very professional you can see that a highly paid specialist did it it appeals to primitive responses but works one hundred percent first thought is that there is indeed no future without put but

videos from the opposition are just as blatant. and add a whole trend of this election season eavesdropping on politicians and posting recordings online those taking part in a massive opposition rally in december were surprised to find out that one of their inspirations maurice and self described them in a phone as. hear from each government property for your property. it's naive to expect the likeness from any side when we are living in an election year there are no holds barred in this war not even interfering in someone's private life with. a lack of privacy for today's politicians is already a modern day reality and with fifty million russians going online today about forty percent of the adult population future is predicted to be filled with online political avatars pushing the boundaries of

a virtual world without borders exceeding the gradual ban party. of our stories latest videos and much more available for you on our website r.t. dot com here's what's waiting few online right now from web whistleblower to t.v. talk show host wiki leaks founder julian a song just to get his own show about him not take what he expects from the program and won't want reaction to the news but i want some. kind of celebration of the dragon in thailand went up in flames as finalists exploded setting homes on fire see how it happened on t. dot com. the u.n. security council is expected to vote over the next few days on

a resolution aimed at stemming the escalating conflict in syria the draft calls on the regime there to comply with an arab league proposal which would see president assad cede power paving the way for a coalition government with the opposition it comes as the arab league's monitoring mission to syria suffered a setback after six countries pulled out for you went to russia has many claim to veto any security council with no foreign military intervention and estimated seven a half thousand people have been killed. downtown to. civilians rebels and government forces so it's going to snow. saying they get by and heading home they've said it's from the gulf states lethal the airport then mission in complete leaving behind a country in a deepening crisis is never going to be easy so you want the arab league monitors to stay. i don't want right from the word gay the missions prefer problematic the

opposition accused the monitors of being too closely aligned with the government the government's now accused of being part of a foreign conspiracy and they will it just tickle complaints to the observers seemed ill equipped on the ground there were concerns that they were simply too few numbers to undertake such a major task and if things were bad at the beginning now they seem even worse following in saudi arabia's footsteps all the gulf states withdrew their observers after damascus rejected their recent proposal that included president decides to cede to a deputy and form a unity government was interesting that these countries is very interested in democracy and they have nothing and this is the most interesting this is something funny we will talk about. what you will have a new. you know we are going to more democratic country multi parties was about

what about to do about the west's come up talk about syria which would be changed and leave saudi arabia as it has damascus is rejection was no surprise both sides of the conflict of shame equal a willingness to soften their stance even though it's meant the daily death toll in the country continually rising the killing of the head of the syrian arab red crescent was on the road to damascus yet another remind the spiraling situation. of the observers at such a crucial maybe add to the country's crisis is seen as controversial as the death toll rises earlier proposal being floated to increase the number of observers on the ground and provide them with un training could be a life saving one but for now those plans have been pissed on hold in fact much of the substance of the report that being graded pieces on both sides seems to have been lost in the flurry of diplomatic activity now france and britain have joined

forces at the united nations try to end president assad's rule waving goodbye to their gulf state colleagues some observers remain but it's small consolation syria didn't close the doors in front of the arab league and i think. it's diplomacy would give anyone to help the syrian but the last decision in the hands of the syrian people not in the hands that are believed this could come soon so national dialogue through these reforms despite damascus allowing the mission to be extended for another month and the observers officially saying that they can continue with the task behind the scenes and the sentiment is much less optimistic. it's a gloomy outlook for the country with little regional or international agreement on what action should be taken to stop the violence. putting an end to the crisis seem to be slipping further and further as a very. artsy damascus syria well coming your way this hour.

overall they're saying they're improving the state of the world and to me. a fairly arrogant and hubris stick to take activists are waiting to get their voices heard as global decision makers gather doubles a new business bash. and food versus fuel by america's corn production has become a hot topic over whether it ends up on people's plates or at the pumps to help how the nation's cars. street demos and cyber attacks have been staged in poland against the government's decision to sign an international pact forces into that property rights as expected to join the us canada japan and others in agreement similar to america's stop online piracy act which led to wikipedia as a template protest blackout last week let's you know share scheme has more. the

decision of the polish government to join in with the internet anti-piracy treaty known as the a.c.t.a. has already caused some dissent in the central european state several thousand people have gathered here choose the evening in front of the presidential palace here in warsaw to protest against what they believe could lead to serious censorship on the internet now the protesters held banners saying down with the censorship and also had their mouths shut with sticking tape as of symbolizing their protest against what they believe could be in fact the biggest censorship polish websites in this country but this is not the only step which the protesters took against the signing of this treaty we understand that the hacker group anonymous also hacked several governmental websites including the prime minister website and digital and cultural ministries website along with a dozen other governmental websites which were also hacked by the group they also published a very stern warning

a message saying that they have some very sensitive information about the polish authorities and should they continue with the signing of this treaty the information would then may be published. this far as wonderstone according to many experts there's no turning back and the agreement will be signed the poland will join the street you understand that this will happen during thursday in japan and we understand that this is an indication coming from the country's prime minister who said that the country would be definitely joining this treaty however experts say that in order for this treaty to take in fact in poland it has to be ratified in the country's parliament and that's where this can still be averted even though we understand that the ruling party the prime minister is in fact having the majority in the parliament and hence there's practically no chance that this treaty would not be ratified in poland that it would take effect. the world's business

elite is searching for ways to reform the current state of capitalism as those most affected by the financial turmoil are shunted to the sidelines the world economic forum the swiss resort of davos is opening its doors for a second day of debates ati's learn this to has more. there is an official agenda at davos and then there is an unofficial agenda at davos which is one that you also hear about and also that you see when you're on the sidelines and not in all of these sessions that are kind of the official program we heard on the stage some concerns about capitalism some criticism about capitalism also we heard some defenses because of course at davos there are plenty of people to defend the current system of capitalism which they have benefited from brian moynihan the c.e.o. of bank america of america is one who was saying you know the western capitalism is subject to boom and bust this is part of it but come on there are so many people that we talked to when interviewed on our show that talk about how long and how

painful the costs are of this bust that is it here by accident and has a lot to do with maybe some of the bailouts that his bank has benefited from and the boom years of easy money that they did as well so there obviously are plenty of defenders and we'll have to see if anything really comes out of that conversation i've seen some reports of billionaires defending are concerned about inequality and having concerns about capitalism in that regard we'll have to see if it just amounts to some talk because i'm seeing a lot of little business action go along on the sidelines with participants who are bringing up inequality in this issue of inequality so i did talk to them and their concerns were some of the concerns that have been concerns from outside of davos over the years that these are a bunch of elite getting together to talk about solving the world's problems in a way that's not democratic as if they have actual implications and they do turn into policy in some way shape or form there's a lot of people locked out of that conversation but there is an occupy tinge to it and definitely a world economic forum focus so let's just hear from from their words what one of

them had to say to me but overall they're saying they're improving the state of the world and to me that's truly going to you bruce stick to to take on these shows that their decisions and or are not working they're doing and what they're discussing is going to have global ramifications that are going to affect the entire seven billion people on this planet. there is a big line at star con a mess all those people still be speaking not on the record some of these are in closed door sessions that press are privy to at all but some are really about talking about the impact of democracy the in baghdad people that are upset over inequality or is this about figuring out where the best investment opportunities lie that's what we'll have to find out we'll keep you posted but for now i'm lauren lester here in davos. now a year off the ousting of egypt's hosni mubarak cairo's iconic central square has been occupied once again thousands of protesters have gathered to call for the interim military government to immediately relinquish power dozens have been killed in recent months the troops clamped down on several demonstrations americans

currently on trial to their side and some of its allies are still in a strange new parliament elected from the constitution while the military is to reign supreme mubarak era state of emergency law has finally been lifted gyptian the offering to make up for the risk says that change is little. i don't see it as being that big of a shift i mean we lived under military rule for thirty years and that gave the government their storage had to do just about what they wanted today we live under military rule so to me it's just a formal matter and that they they lived emergency law while we live under the rule of a military dreamt up since the military took over gender twenty eight's over fifteen thousand civilians that we know of have faced military courts and they have received trials of anywhere between six months to fifteen years and for a moment or like lifting emergency law means absolutely nothing when we have a newly elected parliament that is still.