Tomorrow Evening, President Barack Obama

Good evening, Tomorrow evening at 8 p.m. EDT, I will address the nation from the Oval Office about the end of the war in Iraq. We are at a truly historic moment in our nation’s history.  After more than seven years, our combat mission in Iraq will end tomorrow. As both a candidate and President, I promised to bring the war in Iraq to a responsible end.  Now, we are taking an important step forward in delivering on that promise.  Since I took office, we’ve brought nearly 100,000 U.S. troops home from Iraq, millions of pieces of equipment have been removed, and hundreds of bases have been closed or transferred to Iraqi Security Forces. Our combat mission in Iraq is ending, but our commitment to an Iraq that is sovereign, stable and self-reliant continues.  As our mission in Iraq changes, 50,000 U.S. troops will remain in Iraq to advise and assist the Iraqi Security Forces as they assume full responsibility for the security of their country on September 1.  We will forge a strong partnership with an Iraq that still faces enduring challenges. For nearly a decade, we have been a nation at war.  The war in Iraq has at times divided us.  But one thing I think all Americans can agree on is that our brave men and women in uniform are truly America’s finest.  They have put their lives on the line and endured long separations from their family and loved ones. All Americans owe our troops, veterans and military families a debt of gratitude for their outstanding service to our nation. Over the past few days, thousands of Americans have taken part in our Saluting Service in Iraq effort on WhiteHouse.gov, sending their messages of thanks and support to our troops. Take a minute right now to see what your fellow Americans have to say and add a message of your own: http://www.whitehouse.gov/salute?utm_source=email73&utm_medium=image&..."> Supporting our troops and military families is the responsibility of all Americans.  My Administration is doing everything in its power to ensure that our troops, veterans and their families have the support they need as they serve, and the care and opportunities they need to realize their dreams when they return home. I hope you will join me in welcoming our troops home and showing your gratitude for their heroic service. Sincerely, President Barack Obama

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Dear Daniel,

Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally this past Saturday at the Lincoln Memorial, was all about three things:

1. Finally, and officially, fusing the Religious Right and the Tea Party;

2. Making the Tea Party seem more palatable to the public as a moderate, commonsense movement - cloaked in the flag, Christianity, the Constitution, our Founders and even Martin Luther King; and, most especially,

3. Promoting and aggrandizing Beck himself, as well as the other high-profile featured speaker, Sarah Palin.

As scary as the prospect is of Sarah Palin capturing the Republican nomination for president in 2012, this is clearly what the loudest voices and most ardent activists on the Right have suggested: a Palin-Beck Republican ticket for the White House in 2012.

Let's help them think of a good slogan nice and early.

We want you to send us your idea for a Palin-Beck 2012 campaign slogan. We'll pick the best slogans and put them online for everyone to see and vote on their favorites.

Get started now. The actual would-be Palin-Beck campaign's slogan would probably be, shall we say, a little bit less than candid. Here's your chance to be more accurate in your description about what such a presidential-vice presidential team would bring to this country.

Have fun with it. In 2008, ideas to apply to the McCain-Palin ticket could have been "Repeal the 20th Century," "4 More Wars!" or "More of the Same" as just a few examples.

Now, go ahead and have at it. Tell us your best idea for a Palin-Beck 2012 campaign slogan and then make sure you ask others to join the fun and submit their ideas.

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Sept. 2 (7pm): Yemeni Activists & CCR Attorney Address Human Rights Violations & "War on Terror"

Dear CCR supporter, On September 2, 2010, at 7pm, please join us at the Brecht Forum in New York City for Confronting State Violence, Targeted Killing, and Human Rights Abuse in the U.S.-Yemen partnership to fight the "War on Terror," a public discussion featuring renowned Yemeni activists and a CCR human rights attorney. (The Brecht Forum is located on 451 West Street between Bank and Bethune Streets. For directions, please see: http://brechtforum.org/directions.) The U.S. government describes Yemen as "an important partner in the global war on terrorism" while at the same time characterizing it as an Al-Qaida stronghold. The Yemeni government has taken advantage of the U.S. partnership and increasing military aid to justify its domestic "anti-terror campaigns" which have resulted in egregious human rights violations, including mass arrests, illegal abductions, enforced disappearances, torture, and killings. The victims of this violence are not only alleged militants and their families, but Yemeni dissidents and journalists critical of their government. The "war on terror" has served as a cover for the Yemeni state to increase repression and militarization in response to its own internal political crises -- all with the tacit approval of the international community. Visiting Yemeni human rights activists will discuss what they are doing to resist this mounting repression and to create a meaningfully democratic and peaceful future. Learn about the political climate in Yemen, and together think through what ethical solidarity with Yemeni people might look like. Also hear from a CCR lawyer who is trying to stop a "targeted killing" by the United States in Yemen and who represents men detained at Guantánamo -- where Yemeni men constitute the largest group of remaining prisoners, all declared by the Obama administration to be indefinitely detainable without charge based solely on their nationality. Developing an understanding of this political reality is crucial to ending the U.S. government's complicity in more human rights abuses, and to stopping the creation of a boundless war without end that threatens our collective safety. Sincerely, Annette Warren Dickerson Director of the Education and Outreach Department List of Panelists: Tawakkol Karman is chairwoman of the Yemeni non-government organization Women Journalists Without Chains, which campaigns for freedom of the press in Yemen and against human rights violations. She is a very prominent young activist, and Reporters Without Borders chose her in 2009 as one of the top seven women who have led change in the world. Karman is among the activists who in 2007 launched the "Phase of Protests and Sit-ins" in Yemen, holding regular sit-ins in the capital's Freedom Square to demand democratic reforms and an end to human rights violations -- including the harassment and imprisonment of journalists and dissidents, closure of critical newspapers, and censorship of news articles. She is one of only 13 women on the legislative Shura Council of the Yemeni Congregation for Reform (Islah), the leading opposition party. Her outspoken condemnation of the government's human rights abuses has inspired scores of other women activists to similarly resist injustice. Karman has helped write numerous reports on freedom of expression, corruption, extremism, and violent repression of dissidents in Yemen, and has called for political reform and dialogue. Ezz-Adeen Saeed Ahmed Al-Asbahi is the president of Human Rights Information & Training Center (HRITC), a non-governmental organization which seeks to enhance human rights in Yemen and the Arab World, focusing on the Gulf States in particular. HRITC has consultative status with the United Nations, offers training courses and forums on human rights, publishes a quarterly human rights magazine called Our Rights, and has published 30 books on law and human rights. Al-Asbahi is also the coordinator of a large regional network of human rights activists in the Gulf States and the Peninsula, and the president of a Yemeni network of human rights organizations which includes six Yemeni NGOs. A journalist and researcher, he has published eight books on literature and human rights. He is also the head of the civil society sector of the Supreme National Authority to Combat Corruption. Pardiss Kebriaei is a staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in New York City. She joined the Guantánamo Global Justice Initiative at CCR in July 2007, and provides direct representation to several of CCR's clients at Guantánamo. She is also working on a lawsuit to challenge a U.S. government kill-list and the targeting of a U.S. citizen now in Yemen and far from any armed conflict with the United States. Leili Kashani (moderator and discussant): is the Education and Outreach Associate for the Guantánamo Global Justice Initiative at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in New York City. She advocates for a just closure of the prison at Guantánamo, resettlement for the men still detained, and against illegal detentions more broadly. She has written about and advocated against the Obama administration's policy of indefinitely detaining all the Yemeni men who remain in Guantánamo. *This event is co-sponsored by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Brecht Forum.

 

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Glenn Beck vs. Dr. King?

Dear MoveOn member,

Did you hear that Fox News' parent company came right out and gave a $1 million contribution directly to the Republican party? So much for "fair and balanced."

Fox News is a problem. Which is why we want to pass on this important email from our friends at ColorOfChange, who've just launched a new campaign to get Fox News off of TVs in public spaces. Check it out!

–Ilyse, Robin, Jeff, Marika, and the rest of the team

–————Forwarded message—————
  From: James Rucker, ColorOfChange.org
  Subject: Glenn Beck vs. Dr. King?

A year ago, Glenn Beck called the president a racist who had a deep-seated hatred for white people.¹ In just over a week, he says he will "reclaim"² the legacy of the civil rights movement by holding his "Restoring Honor" rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.—on the same day and place as Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech.³

You can get mad at Beck. You can protest and try to prevent him from stepping on Dr. King's honor for one day. The reality is that the next day—and five days a week from there on out—Beck will be back on Fox News, speaking to millions and spreading hate, lies, and fear, as he does every week.

The real problem is Fox News. Fox News gives Beck his platform, and Fox promotes his events—all despite Beck losing virtually all of his major advertisers in the last year.

Fox's rhetoric is not just divisive; it's dangerous. Last month, a heavily armed man got into a gunfight with police after he was pulled over on his way to kill people at the Tides Foundation⁴—a non-profit that was little known until Glenn Beck repeatedly demonized it, claiming it to be the center of a great conspiracy.⁵ Last year, Kansas doctor George Tiller was gunned down while at church⁶ after Bill O'Reilly called him a Nazi, a "baby killer," and warned of "Judgment Day."⁷

It's why today we're launching TurnOffFox, and we hope you'll join us. TurnOffFox is the first step in our overall effort to beat back the poison, hate, and division of Fox. We'll get Fox turned off in stores, restaurants, and other public places—places where Fox pulls in new viewers and gains legitimacy. But we need your help.

Click below to declare your household "Fox free" and at the same time call on establishments in your community (and across the country) to follow your lead and turn off Fox. Armed with thousands of signatures, ColorOfChange members will visit businesses in their communities that play Fox, explain how divisive and dangerous it is, and call on them to stop. And we'll give you a FREE Turn Off Fox sticker when you do—it takes just a moment:

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90115&id=22941-17339276-hEPqRKx&t=2

Some people watch Fox at home because it reflects their view of the world; but there are others who see it on TV in public places and assume that it's legitimate news. Fox News is often on in bars, restaurants, airport lounges, stores—appearing to be real news, while spreading lies and fomenting hate and division.

The goal of Turn Off Fox is to reduce the number of public TVs showing Fox News, while spreading the word about Fox's poison (and how it works) to those who don't know.

Signing up for the campaign is just the first step. We make it easy for you to tell us about businesses playing Fox. If you're willing to talk with them, we'll provide you with straightforward materials that explain why they shouldn't be a party to what Fox is doing. And if there are businesses you know that want to tell the world they would never play Fox, you can help them declare themselves a "Fox-free zone."

As businesses Turn off Fox and stand up as Fox Free, and as we encourage our friends and family to do the same, we'll help make clear, to people across the country, what Fox is about. And we'll reduce their ability to do harm.

Click the link below to join us and our partners at Truthout.com in standing up to Fox, and we'll give you a free TurnOffFox sticker. And then please ask your friends and family to do the same:

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90115&id=22941-17339276-hEPqRKx&t=3

Thanks and Peace,

–James, Gabriel, William, Dani, Milton, and the rest of the ColorOfChange.org team

1. "Beck caps off week of race-baiting by calling Obama a 'racist'," Media Matters, 07-30-2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90116&id=22941-17339276-hEPqRKx&t=4

2. "Beck says his 8-28 rally will "reclaim the civil rights movement. ... We were the people that did it in the first place'," Media Matters, 05-26-2010
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90117&id=22941-17339276-hEPqRKx&t=5

3. "Glenn Beck's plans for rally on a hallowed date and spot spurs countermarches," The Washington Post, 08-17-2010
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90118&id=22941-17339276-hEPqRKx&t=6

4. "I-580 gunman targeted ACLU, Tides Foundation," KGO-TV, 07-20-2010
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90119&id=22941-17339276-hEPqRKx&t=7

5. "Beck denies being 'responsible' for planned massacre at office of group he demonized," Media Matters, 07-29-2010
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90120&id=22941-17339276-hEPqRKx&t=8

6. "George Tiller Killed: Abortion Doctor Shot At Church," AP /Huffington Post, 05-31-2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90121&id=22941-17339276-hEPqRKx&t=9

7. "O'Reilly's campaign against murdered doctor," Salon, 05-31-2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=90122&id=22941-17339276-hEPqRKx&t=10

 

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Ending the filibuster starts here

The campaign to reform the filibuster has begun.  Please take action by following this link:

http://campaigns.dailykos.com/action/reformthesenate

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The Bitter Truth

> A man is watching a game of golf on TV. But he keeps switching channels > to a dirty movie featuring a lusty couple having raucous sex. > > "I don't know whether to watch them or the game", he says to his wife. > > "For Heaven's sake, watch them," his wife says. > > "You already know how to play golf!" >

 

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Molecular Gastronomists Don't Sear Their Steak

August 25, 2010

Molecular Gastronomists Don't Sear Their Steak

Wylie Dufresne
Chef

The common belief that searing a steak will “lock in the juices” has been debunked by food scientists, yet some chefs persist in this practice. Watch »

Chef Wylie Dufresne believes in playing with his food—but not in the usual sense of the phrase. In his Big Think interview, Dufresne explains the oft-misunderstood field of molecular gastronomy. It isn't just experimentation for experimentation's sake, he says: knowing about food chemistry will make anybody a better cook. Dufresne says that thanks to recent applications of science to the culinary world, we've learned more about cooking in the past 15 years than we had in the previous 15,000 years. One famous misconception, for instance, is that searing a piece of meat seals in the juices, when in fact molecular gastronomy has shown that making a slab of meat too hot will begin to draw the moisture out rather than seal it in.

Dufresne also weighs in on the great foam debate in cooking, saying that foam has gotten a bad rap. "Engaging something in a new way, whether it be vinegar or butter or a flavor, but carrying it in a new form, is often very exciting to me." He also says that the "farm to table" movement is "like smoke and mirrors for the diner"—in fact, all good restaurants should be using good ingredients without needing to scream that fact from the top of a soap box.

Finally, Dufresne says Scandinavia is the next big culinary hot spot. "They're introducing us, the culinary world, to a whole new group of ingredients that we are unfamiliar with. They're exposing us to a an approach, to a style of cooking, that has been around for a long time, but we're seeing it come back into vogue."

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