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Thursday, August 18, 2011

National News

Billionaire CEO Warren Buffett says increase taxes for the rich, but personal finance expert Alvin Hall suggests that capping CEO salaries me be a better fix for the economy. Do you side with Buffet or Hall? Both? Neither? What, if any, obligation do the super successful have to the rest of the citizenry?
www.pri.org
 
An idea to cap CEO salaries at $5 million -- including salary, benefits and bonuses -- and invest funds back into companies to create more jobs.
 
The tactics fast food companies use to get us to overeat, and come back for more -- from shakes in clear plastic cups to apples with caramel. Should fast food chains have any obligation towards offering healthier options, or is this more an issue of individual moderation and self-control (or lack thereof)?
www.pri.org
 
The tactics fast food companies use to get us to overeat, and come back for more -- from shakes in clear plastic cups to apples with caramel.
 
Two authors debate whether we should move away from centralized power, water and other utilities or invest more in them. Which would you choose?
www.pri.org
 
Two authors shared pros and cons of decentralizing utilities versus staying plugged in and working to improve the system.
 
www.npr.org
Hours before the UN Security Council was set to discuss the situation in Syria, President Obama issued his first explicit demand that President Bashar Assad leave power. The White House also announced new sanctions.
 
Fred Karger's Message, On THE PINK CARPET with Leslie Jordan, and Up With People's Guns-n-Gays
Fred Karger   has a   message for the GOP and is phoning it into IMRU straight from the presidential campaign trail.   Leslie Jordan  has stories to tell from My Trip Down the Pink Carpet .
How is your tribe going green?

Check out what the Navajo Nation is about to be a part of!

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/08/navajo-owned-wind-farm-in-works-in-arizona/
indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com
Native American businesses, and business news and articles including tribally owned businesses.
 
www.npr.org
A widowed Florida rabbi saw the cost of his insurance coverage rise by 38 percent this year. So he decided to look for a new, younger spouse to help him bring costs back down.
 
Please listen in... Reimagining Civilization: Breakdown to Breakthrough
www.voiceamerica.comListen as my guest Kenny Ausubel, Founder of the Bioneers, talks about the revolutionary transformation of re-imagining how to live on Earth in ways that last. “As we enter this epoch of radical ecological and social disruption, we can move from breakdown to breakthrough. The revolution has begun
 
How to increase Native student graduation rates from the current alarming low 48%!

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/08/native-tribal-scholars-program-hopes-to-increase-graduation-rate/
indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com
Native Tribal Scholars program aims to get Native American students through high school and on to college.
 
Upcoming: "The Super." In 1980's New York City, rent is rising: it seems out of control, and residents struggle to keep up. So Jack Hitt helps organize tenants, and threatens a rent strike. This does not go over so well with his building super, who, as it turns out, is a very dangerous man.
podcast.thisamericanlife.org
 
A new book details how US counter terrorism efforts evolved in the 10 years after 9/11 from a kill-and-capture strategy to one of Cold War deterrence. What do you think of US national security measures? Effective? Placebo? Both?
www.pri.org
A new book details how US counter terrorism efforts evolved during the past 10 years after 9/11.
 
www.npr.org
Bridges won an Oscar in 2009 for his performance as a broken-down country singer in the film Crazy Heart, for which he performed his own vocals. He also sings as himself on a new self-titled album.
 
 
Here's an exciting piece of trivia out of movie history ... Oregon knows how to do it, huh? Well, they did introduce Goonies to the world. That's certainly something to be proud of.
stateofthereunion.com
Marshall just stared at me, mouth agape, his pieced chin nearly touching his chest. “What do you mean you’ve never seen The Devil’s Rejects? What is WRONG
 
 
 
 
 

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