Randi Rhodes Homework April 29th 2014

Audio/Video
	Bill O'Reilly On Racist Comments Allegedly From L.A. Clippers Owner: "It's An Individual Problem ... Not A Country Problem" CNN's Don Lemon: "There Is No Excuse" For Limbaugh's Comments On Clippers Owner Donald Sterling Jon Stewart Hammers Sterling: Yeah, He's A Racist, But His D*ck and Wallet Are Not Rick Santorum Praises Georgia's 'Guns Everywhere' Law: 'A Well-Armed Family Is A Safe Family' Hannity Defends Sarah Palin's "Waterboarding Is How We Baptize Terrorists" Comments Fox Obscures Findings Of New Report On Low-Wage Jobs To Attack Obama
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Sense & Senselessness
	Fedex Worker Wounds 6 In Georgia, Then Kills Himself Fedex Employee: Bullets Were Strapped Across Shooter's Chest 'Like Rambo' Sara Morrison: The NRA's 2014 Convention Theme? FEAR! Cliff Schecter: Preparing for War in Indianapolis - Inside the NRA Plot to Terrify America Sarah Palin at the 2014 NRA Meeting: 'Waterboarding Is How We Baptize Terrorists' Some Christian Conservatives Denounce Palin's Waterboarding-Baptism Metaphor At Annual Nra Gathering 'Smart' Firearm Draws Wrath of the Gun Lobby E.J. Dionne: The Gun Supremacists' Folly Nicole Sandler: Because of Guns, The United States Is Not Safe Flashback, Aug 2013: Former Deputy Prime Minister Of Australia Tim Fischer On Christopher Lane's Murder: "There Is Deep Seated Anger This Time" What Happened When Australians Gave Back Their Guns Dylan Matthews: Did Gun Control Work In Australia? Mostly, Yes.
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Flagrant Foul: The Cockroaches Come Out
	Sponsors Abandon Los Angeles Clippers Over Owner's Racist Rant NBA Set To Address Donald Sterling Case Tuesday As Sponsors Cut Ties With Clippers NBA Mavericks' Owner Mark Cuban Calls Donald Sterling's Comments "Abhorrent," Endorses Maximum League Punishment Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Welcome To The Finger-Wagging Olympics Who Said It: Donald Sterling or Donald Trump? Mychal Denzel Smith: Donald Sterling's Impolite Racism Michael Tomasky: Donald Sterling and the Neverending Right-Wing Fantasy of 'Democrat' Racism Jonathan Capehart: Sorry, Republicans - Donald Sterling Is Yours. Sordid Subplot Appears To Show Another Ugly Misogynistic Side Of Donald Sterling Amanda Marcotte: Billionaire Idiots & Social Media Suicide In Related Racism: Bundy-Related Threats To Sen. Harry Reid Probed
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Politics & Policy
	U.S. Secretary of State Kerry Apologizes for Remark That Israel Risks Apartheid Like Kerry, Senior Israeli Officials Have Warned Of Israel Becoming 'An Apartheid State' Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA): John Kerry Apartheid Comment Critique 'Ridiculous' FBI Arrests And Rips Republican Rep. Michael Grimm Sasha Issnberg: How The Democrats Can Avoid Going Down In The 2014 Midterm Election Conor Friersdorf: Is Conservatism as We Know It Doomed? Tea Party PACs Reap Money For Midterms, But Spend Little On Candidates Obamacare's Poll Numbers Improve, Even In Republican Districts
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Inequality Is Killing The Middle Class
	How Conservative Government Killed The Middle Class, In 1 Chart Danny Vinik: Some Conservatives Say Income Inequality Is A Good Thing. The Evidence Suggests Otherwise. 'Happy Days' No More: Middle-Class Families Squeezed As Expenses Soar, Wages Stall Justin Wolfers: America Had A Low-Wage Recovery? The Evidence Just Isn't There. THE NELP Report: Another Bad Sign for America's Middle Class Neil Irwin: No One Cares About Economic Data Anymore. That's Actually Good News.
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Meanwhile...
	Craig Ferguson Announces He Will Leave 'Late Late Show' In December David Frum: Modern Changes In Media Pose A Risk For America Good Media News: In Small Towns With Local Investment, Print Journalism Is Thriving Vox.Com: The High School Graduation Rate Is At An All-Time High -- But There Are Still Big Gaps FiveThirtyEight: More High School Grads Now Deciding College Isn't Worth It Libby Nelson: The That Idea Could End College Tuition — But Not Student Debt
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