AlterNet Newsletter - Feb 15th, 2012

Noam Chomsky: The Decline of American Empire (Part 2)

The principles of imperial domination have undergone little change, but the capacity to implement them has markedly declined. Read more

By Noam Chomsky | TomDispatch.com

State Rape in Virginia: New Law Just Like Texas's Intrusive Ultrasound Requirement

By Digby | Hullabaloo

No One Showing Up to Bristol Palin's Book Tour--So She's Recruiting on Craigslist

By Sarah Seltzer | AlterNet

800,000 Americans Tell Senate: Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline

By Environment News Service

Colbert on Obama's "War on Religion": Using Contraception is Cock-Blocking Jesus

By Sarah Seltzer | AlterNet

Effort to Mobilize Catholics Against Obama Has Failed

By Ed Kilgore | Washington Monthly

Cenk Uygur Lets Loose on Andrew Breitbart's Occupy Smears

By Sarah Seltzer | AlterNet

Mitt Romney's Auto Bailout Claims Take a Beating

By Laura Clawson | Daily Kos

Democrat Women Slam GOP’s Radical Contraception Amendment, Claim It ‘Opens Door To Discrimination’

By Igor Volsky | Think Progress

Daily Show Takes on Right-Wing Insanity on Women in Combat: Should Women Expect to Be "Paid Slightly Less, Raped Slightly More?"

By Sarah Seltzer | AlterNet

Three Ways Maryland May Legalize Medical Pot

By Kristen Gwynne | AlterNet
_ Progressive Wire

Lin lifts NY Knicks to dramatic win over Toronto

By Agence France Presse

N.H. Lawmakers Consider Rolling Back Gay Marriage

By NPR Online

NYPD 2011 Data Reveals Highest Number of Stop-and-Frisks Ever

By Jorge Rivas | ColorLines

5 Creepy Ways Robots Are Replacing Humans

By The Huffington Post News Editors | Huffington Post

99% Celebrate Valentines Day By Closing Bank of America Accounts

By Maurice Garland | The Loop 21

Lawmakers Strike Tentative Deal On Payroll Tax Package

By Sahil Kapur | TPMDC

_ Best Of The Week

1. 5 Big Lies About the Phony 'War on Religion'

By Sarah Jaffe | AlterNet

2. Conservatism Thrives on Low Intelligence and Poor Information

By George Monbiot | The Guardian

3. Why is the Obama Administration Suddenly Fixated on Stomping out Medical Pot?

By Paul Armentano | AlterNet

4. Why Young People Are Fleeing Conservative Evangelicalism

By Eleanor J. Bader | RH Reality Check

5. Telecom Rip-Off: The Hidden Fees in Your Wireless and Phone Bills

By David Rosen, Bruce Kushnick | AlterNet

6. Noam Chomsky: America's Decline Is Real -- and Increasingly Self-Inflicted

By Noam Chomsky | TomDispatch.com

7. 5 Right-Wing Governors Gutting Schools to Fund Prisons, Tax Breaks for the Rich...And a Bible Theme Park

By Sarah Jaffe | AlterNet

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