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the small loans is quickly help improve economic wellbeing of thousands of customers who now have more cash to spend and stimulate the economy imagine that a bank actually when given the loans of its customers to be nice and they didn't even make the customers take a vow of silence take that bank of america the bad rikki don't google my name santorum one of santorum is go to policy proposals over the g.o.p. primary season as entire career for that matter has been to limit the payments victims of medical malpractise can seek through lawsuits santorum argues medical malpractise lawsuits help drive up the cost of health care even the cvo report found that tort reform what he's talking about as in limiting medical malpractise suits would only result in one tenth of one percent of savings on total health care spending even worse rick santorum is a hypocrite surprise in one nine hundred ninety nine santorum is wife filed

a bell. a practice lawsuit for five hundred thousand dollars claiming that a chiropractor had left her with permanent back injuries that would result in a lifetime of pain this lawsuit came just five years after after santorum had proposed legislation to limit the rewards of malpractise lawsuits so while larger wards are just fine for mrs santorum the root of all health care costs was for the rest of americans are another example of the hypocrisy the conservatives practice so well and the very very ugly the wall street journal w.s.j. recently published an op ed piece written by sixteen prominent global warming deniers and various and minimal scientific backgrounds including the likes of oil company executives in the piece the sixteen argue that while man made carbon dioxide has some of the facts on warming the planet effects are small and there's nothing to panic about sixteen and ayers argued that all the other scientists who believe in global warming are just trying to scare the general public is other scientists who are trying to scare us include

a group of two hundred fifty five members of the united states' national academy of sciences who wrote a much more scientific and reality based op-ed piece that they submitted to the wall street journal however the wall street journal declined to publish this blatant form of bias on the part of the wall street journal shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone after all it is part of rupert murdoch's empire and a close cousin to g.o.p. t.v. united states is the only developed nation in the world with global warming is still up for debate and we can thank that journalist like those at the wall street journal or it's just very. there's one industry just one industry that specifically mention the united states constitution and that's the press that's because the founders knew how important a free open and diligent press. is keeping

a two powerful government in check and for a population to be informed enough to make a reasonable democratic vote as thomas jefferson said we're left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government i should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter that's how crucial the press is to our form of government that's especially true during an election year when politicians will throw whatever the lie they can at the wall hoping that a few of the most stick to sway voters it's up to the press to make sure that none of those lies stick unfortunately today the press is dropping the ball for example on sunday's state of the union morning show on c.n.n. republican senate minority leader rich mitch mcconnell told this whopper of a lie to candy crowley. they've been trying to pretend like the president just showed up yesterday just got sworn in and was starting for sure in fact he's been in office three years he got everything he wanted from a completely compliant congress for two of those three years were really

a completely compliant congress for two of those three years really then why is that the mitch mcconnell himself led his republican minority in the senate to shatter the record for the most filibusters in one session of congress a record that goes all the way back to the george washington administration obama didn't get everything you wanted from congress far from it. from the very beginning he had to negotiate down his stimulus package and make a full third of the tax cuts just to get three republican susan collins olympia snowe and arlen specter on board with it and when it came to health care you president obama really get everything you water from congress he can get a public option and he sure as heck didn't get the cornhusker kickback or did didn't want rather the cornhusker kickback that so-called democratic senator ben nelson demanded for the louisiana purchase the so-called democratic senator mary landrieu asked for in return for her support it that's exactly the congress gave him a cap and trade energy let reform legislation through the senate as he wanted because

he couldn't overcome a unanimous republican filibuster he couldn't get the disclose act require full disclosure of who's spending how much money in our elections post citizens united because it too couldn't break a unanimous philip republican filibuster he couldn't get comprehensive immigration reform and legislation like the dream act passed again thanks to a unanimous mcconnell led republican filibuster in the senate and he couldn't get legislation through the senate and tax breaks for corporations that outsource american jobs a build named creating american jobs and ending offshore enact all of these bills i just mentioned passed the house had more than fifty percent of the vote in the senate but couldn't break mitch mcconnell's unanimous republican filibuster which set the bar at sixty percent rather than a simple majority and all of these bills would have yielded tremendous benefits for our nation they would have put jobless americans back to work they would have provided health insurance for fifty three million uninsured americans they put it would have put our nation on track toward clean energy they would have strengthen our democracy and fix the broken immigration system so what the hell is mitch

mcconnell talking about when he says that congress gave the president everything he wanted in those first two years he's lying it's a complete and utter lie and it's up to candy crowley to call him out on it. got everything he wanted from a completely compliant congress for two of those three years you don't hear him mention any of that so what he's been engaged in since the bus tours began. auction is try to convince the american people that somebody else is standing in his way but it doesn't seem to be working well doesn't seem to be working are you serious so after mcconnell just lied to her face crowley takes the bait accepts the lie and then asks of president obama's strategy to rewrite history as asserted by mcconnell is working that's not journalism it's. not challenging the assertion that congress gave president obama everything he wanted is like agreeing that president bush had

reliable intelligence the saddam hussein was making nukes and chemical weapons both couldn't be further from the truth yet both echoed across the airwaves in the mainstream news to the point that most republicans and a few independent democrats believe them to this day in defense of candy crowley this is nothing unique to her or her show meet the press face the nation every single show on fox news you name it and you'll find republicans and occasionally democrats flat out line to journalism school graduates who don't blink and don't call them on their lies and why don't they call it lies because they're afraid the big name politicians will refuse to come on their shows in the future and those shows are set up in such a way that if they don't get the big names the show goes down in flames it's called needing access and it's why networks pressure good journalists to let a few lies slide. this is why the mainstream media has such a bad reputation today they've given up their job the jefferson and vision of

adversarial keep them honest journalism and handed the role of fact checking off the political talking heads who often have no interest in the facts at all especially during an election year and since they've dropped the ball others have had to pick it up like julian a songe at wiki leak is not an outlaw he's a journalist who's doing the job that the mainstream media should be doing speaking truth to power and giving people the facts to make informed decisions and there are other independent media outlets doing the same thing like democracy no free speech t.v. current t.v. in a pen a websites a democratic underground truthout buzz flash op ed news common dreams we're all a story and alternate among others it's time to turn the mainstream t.v. off and turn on those who are reporting news in the same spirit thomas jefferson and vision our democratic republic will be the better as a result that's it for the big picture tonight for more information or to see any segment of our show check out our website tom arbonne dot com and don't forget democracy begins when you get out there and get active tag your suitable.

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was. diplomatic deadlock russia says no to redeem change in syria as moscow slams the proposed u.n. resolution calling on president assad to step down. the what of man to wiki leaks founder julian assange has to appeal to britain supreme court against his extradition to sweden. and it is written israeli ad campaign in the us backfires by inadvertently insulting many jewish families across america. a fact will not be eased decision to impose and involved go will not lead to skyrocketing oil prices i'll have the details on those oil figures in about twenty minutes time business but.

it's not am in the russian capital you're watching r t with miriam and joshua welcome to the program the u.n. security council has agreed it wants to avoid military intervention in syria but differences remain over the way had the u.s. as well as its european and arab allies one president assad out of power for its part russia says the u.n. should be used as a platform for excessive interference in syrian affairs merida fortnight has the latest from new york. the united states france britain could talk are. all those countries supporting this draft resolution said that there would be no military intervention imposed in syria if the draft resolution was adopted but the most important thing to note is that those spearheading the push for this

draft resolution are also calling for a ceasefire in syria and also calling for a national dialogue between the government and opposition groups these steps these calls are calls that have been made by russia for the last few months russia has indicated on tuesday that it will veto a draft resolution on syria in which the attacks calls for imposes any regime change and leaves a rhetorical door open for military intervention similar to what the world saw transpire in libya the russian ambassador to the united nations vitaly churkin did address the security council indicating that russia is clearly committed to finding a peaceful solution to the ongoing conflict in syria but it is a solution that has to involve the syrian people not

a solution that is imposed by outside forces take a listen to what he had to say this unity council cannot prescribe radio recipes for. domestic political purposes it's not in the charter we don't want the security council to fall into the habit because once you start as difficult to stop then you will start telling what needs to design and you know what prime minister needs to step down this is really not the business of the security council moscow has proposed its own draft resolution on syria which calls for both parties participating in the violence to come to the negotiating. negotiating table and take part in a dialogue this is an invitation that russia recently made to representatives of the syrian government and opposition groups earlier this week to try to get them to come to moscow and participate in talks in the coming days the security council will be working to try to come to a consensus on the text of

a resolution on syria but if the times remains as it's been presented calling for president bashar al assad to step down and leaving the door open for military intervention this is something that russia firmly will be opposed to bring aboard now reporting there now the west has made a habit of using the u.n. to legalize it aims of regime change in other countries as peace activists jacob hornberger that's the whole idea of these resolutions that they're no matter how tightly they are constructed they will always be construed to do whatever the u.s. government the british government want to do but one thing's for certain this is a problem for the syrian people to resolve not for the u.s. government the british government the united nations this is a problem for the syrian people so obviously that the main thrust of u.s. foreign policy is regime change we've seen them time and time again you can begin

to sanctions those into embargoes blockades but ultimately the quest is to remove a recalcitrant dictatorship install a u.s. regime even if it happens to be a dictatorship so this is another classic example of where the u.s. is but in india other people's affairs when it really has no business doing so. coming up later here on our team and his guests on cross dog debate the hurdles in the way of breaking the deadlock on the syrian crisis. offered to host negotiations between all of the different parties and as we know the syrian national council you know one of the main opposition blocs has essentially rejected that offer possibly with some foreign encouragement behind them because one of the stipulations that they made one of the preconditions for the

talks was that. should resign so they wanted an old come the day goes the outcome of the process as a preliminary condition and so that possibility of negotiations is very unlikely and from my point of view it's starting to resemble a bit what was happening in libya where the opposition consistently refused to engage in any sort of peaceful negotiations. well you can share your thoughts on this is ration in syria so log on to our website our kids can't take part in our online poll so this hour we have forty four sand who say that it will answer with a russia china veto over a third of their spondon thanks the u.n. is simply being used by the west further aims in syria now less than a quarter believes it will finish what a separate tell with road yasid regime the minority thinks there will be agreement

on the motion to what is that r.t. dot com so let us know what do you think well while you are there you can also check out what else we have for you on line. enforcing american laws with russian weapons us police will soon be using guns provided by the firm that makes kalashnikovs. also the final verdict is out on why russia is my. martian mission probe vote was groom failed to get all the details on r.t. dot com. and the pill that could prevent a but find out why some medical experts believe that also you and h.i.v.'s epidemic . the u.k. supreme court is expected to consider an appeal by the wiki leaks founder julian

assange against his extradition to sweden over allegations of sexual assault in august twenty ten the future of the world famous whistleblower is unclear as ever questions are being raised over sweden's legal system and its ties with the united states are just on bargain has the details. the face that launched a thousand leaks julian a sundress exposure of tens of thousands of secret documents has embarrassed governments the world over but the wiki leaks phenomenon is no longer his most pressing concern is the person with the most pivotal role in in that historic event and then. there are the questions of his sexual misconduct in sweden and what kind of new york consequences that will have rain and those two stories have intrigue intersected in

a kind of extraordinary melodrama suis or thora teams want to question a songe over allegations of sexual assault dating back to august two thousand and ten prosecutors have been criticized by a son just supporters and international civil libertarians with allegations of cumbersome contradictory and slow legal process huge arguments have also broken out over the nature of some of sweden's laws on sexual offenses such as those are some faces which would not mean criminal charges in several european countries for example all of this has led to some question whether a sans would get a fair trial in sweden it's going to be a closed court. and leading up to the trial is going to be held. well the cheap prosecutor asked for him to be held in solitary confinement it's just. so there are so many bizarre aspects to the why in which the amount of matter

is being conducted up till now. from our perspective i just can't see how he would get a fair trial others have gone beyond legal arguments saying the storm raised by our sons through wiki leaks has made him a target for political interference that has been received with anger by figures in sweden's legal establishment political reasons are ridiculous i'm very very tired of hearing anything about that but because so many statements has been have been made in london and elsewhere about political reasons and that is ridiculous nothing less than ridiculous but others point to wider trends trends as wide as those washed over by the wiki leaks flood itself across the atlantic us or thora t.'s enraged at having their secret documents exposed may seek to have a son extradited there to stand trial but surely sweden's famed neutrality would

stop such a thing but i wouldn't take me as whether straight in and out of country sit in that's a very clear cut. proximity and collaboration event. in military operations with such campaigns initiated by nato you haven't done. so its presence in afghanistan you have a clear cut it brought nato policy on it back to sweden and that it's not to try to do with some u.s. politicians branding a son a cyber terrorist and calling for the death penalty it could get a lot worse for the wiki leaks founder and that brings us back to that website its enemies and its supporters the problem is not that we have too much wiki leaks we have too little. i think most people agree with so who is

a national public polls to indicate that very large majorities applaud and support the efforts of. the why do worry is that with or without julian assange governments around the world with something to hide will now launch full scale assault on internet freedom in order to keep their secrets secret but for now the focus is on the man not his website killing our son just connections with sweden have raised many questions about what really happened in august two thousand and ten but now with the sun just future as uncertain as ever questions are being leveled at sweden's legal system and its relationship with the united states which could prove crucial to the fate of the world's most notorious whistleblower tom watson r.t. stockholm sweden. so i have very little hour here in our campaign full of

controversy by now why fearing the paid for by the israeli government have left millions of american jews feeling. it was shot four times in total in the air war as it were in. syria the bullets are still in my body. and people should be allowed to defend themselves wherever they are guns in the hands of law abiding decent people are not a problem national rifle association there's a group of basically retired military police love to shoot holes and i'm sorry if you know that the bullet comes out here and this makes it go bang and if what's in front of here is going to die and that's all the training you

really really need raise your hand if you know something's been. ok to live without one of the philadelphia lawyers or the streets of the jail without a gun hopefully we will never have to use the weapons for self defense but we should be preparing the full class including the teacher as it was. seventeen students and six and one of seven or so. wealthy british scientists seinfeld's that's not on my list. of the. markets why not scandal. find out what's really happening to the global economy in the kinds of reports on our culture is that so much to know there's a huge musician mind on the mark with siri on the brink violence escalates and this

in the battle country the calls for strong sanctions and even a military intervention grow in intensity. welcome back here with our team now ron says it's held three days of constructive talks with inspect. it's from the un's nuclear watchdog the i.a.e.a. is attempting to verify the peaceful nature of tehran's atomic program the west has recently stepped up economic sanctions against the islamic state suspecting it of developing nuclear weapons washington's intelligence chief has warned of an increasing likelihood that iran could attack america or its allies the u.s. is beefing up its military presence in the persian gulf by sending a third aircraft carrier to the region former cia analyst ray mcgovern says people have been misled into thinking iran is a clear and present danger. if you look at the polls seventy percent of the american people believe that he run already has

a nuclear weapon that's exactly the same percentage of people in two thousand and two who were persuaded by what i call reform in corporate media to believe that saddam hussein was working on nuclear weapons it's bizarre what do the defense ministers of america and israel say they say are the readings working on a nuclear weapon know if the marines were working on a nuclear weapon they would have to kick you at spector's he would know that and they don't want that at all they are not working on a nuclear weapon they have not yet decided to do so so the facts or the offense ministers both intelligence agency the way they say it is they have not yet decided to do nuclear weapons well that means to me simple english means they're not worth you know nuclear weapons going to war i mean if. contrived if you have to take

five steps back and say what is this whole about this is about a nuclear capability. it was about regime change. an ad campaign in the us paid for by the israeli government has angered managers americans throughout the country the commercials were designed to encourage israeli jews to return to their roots suggesting that americans jewish culture has weakened but as policy reports the ads seem to have done more harm than good. the big commons could be the family featured in an advertisement recently pulled from american t.v. goal is really married to ball or an american jewish woman but it was saying is that my husband shouldn't have married me but the emotional response was just kind of ouch. this is one of three ads sponsored by the israeli government and aid across the united states that evoked more than just an hour from american jews one who is really grandparents ask what festival it is the american granddaughter.