Democracy Now! Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Democracy Now! 2012-08-07 Tuesday

• Headlines for August 07, 2012
• Neo-Nazi Rampage: Army Psy-Ops Vet, White Power Musician ID'd As Gunman in Sikh Temple Shooting
• Sikh Community Activist Simran Jeet Singh: After Wisconsin Attack, I Refuse to Live In Fear
• Ignoring Supreme Court Ruling, Texas Prepares to Execute Mentally Retarded Prisoner

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8/6/12 - Board of Selectmen meeting in Belmont, MA.

Democracy Now! 2012-08-06 Monday

• Headlines for August 06, 2012
• Fear and Outrage in Wisconsin After 6 Killed at Sikh Temple; Gunman ID'd as White Supremacist Vet
• Sikh Temple Shooting Stokes Fears in Community With Deep Roots in Wisconsin and Across U.S.
• Wisconsin Sikh Temple Shooting Latest Tragedy to Befall Community in Wave of Post-9/11 Attacks
• Virginia Tech Survivor Colin Goddard: To Prevent Next Tragedy, Gun Control Must Follow Mourning

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Uma and Mita join Billie, high above the ground in a tree house. Then back at "the clubhouse" in the studio, Aleeq remembers childhood imaginings with Billie through art.

Cast: Billie Bivins

Democracy Now! 2012-08-03 Friday

• Headlines for August 03, 2012
• Charles Glass: With Annan's Exit & Influx of Foreign Arms, Syria's Violence "Seems the Only Way Out"
• WikiLeaks in Latin America: Online Whistleblower's Wide Impact in Region Where Assange Seeks Asylum
• Gore Vidal Remembered: 2003 Interview With Late Iconoclastic Writer & Longtime Critic of U.S. Empire

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Democracy Now! 2012-08-02 Thursday

• Headlines for August 02, 2012
• Obama Admin Helps Undermine U.N. Arms Treaty Talks While Touting Record-High Weapons Sales Abroad
• Climate Skeptic, Koch-Funded Scientist Richard Muller Admits Global Warming Real & Humans The Cause
• Bill McKibben of 350.org: Even Industry-Funded Climate Change Deniers Can't Ignore Planet's Warming

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7/31/12 - School Committee meeting in Belmont, MA.

Democracy Now! 2012-08-01 Wednesday

• Headlines for August 01, 2012
• Longtime Critic of U.S. Empire, Iconoclastic Writer Gore Vidal Dies at 86
• Congressional Probe Reveals Cover-Up of "Auschwitz-Like" Conditions at U.S.-Funded Afghan Hospital
• As U.S. Postal Service Faces Default, Critics See Manufactured Crisis to Speed Up Privatization
• Rep. Dennis Kucinich Unveils Movement-Fueled "Kucinich Action" to Continue Advocacy Post-Congress
• DREAM Activist Speaks Out on Infiltrating Florida Detention Center to Find Wrongly Held Immigrants