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The Consortiumnews.com | Democrats Duck Bush Torture Probe
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, March 31, 2009AlterNet: Foreclosure Crisis Hits Warp Speed: 6 Million Families Face Losing Their Homes in the Next Three Years
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, March 31, 2009t r u t h o u t | Geithner’s Plan Will Tax Main Street to Make Wall Street Richer
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, March 31, 2009AlterNet: 283 Bases, 170,000 Pieces of Equipment, 140,000 Troops, and an Army of Mercenaries: The Logistical Nightmare in Iraq
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, March 31, 2009Trust Your Guts by William Greider
from Dr. KhalsaPosted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, March 31, 2009
t r u t h o u t | Syria Calling Seymour M. Hersh
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, March 31, 2009AlterNet: Christian Fundamentalist Group Preaches Patriarchy and Women’s Fertility as Weapons for Spiritual Warfare [Interview]
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, March 31, 2009NYT Op-Eds (2)
Two very different views of Obama's auto industry approach: "By enmeshing the White House so deeply into G.M., President Obama has increased the odds that March’s menacing threat will lead to June’s wobbly wiggle-out" (Brooks); "Before he goes too far, President Obama should recognize the huge distance that G.M. has traveled and strike the right balance in respecting the role of the private sector" (Guest Op-Ed).Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, March 31, 2009
NYT (3): National Politics/Economy
A third Guantamamo detainee is released, as Obama slowly but surely empties out the facility; As ABA's power returns in DC, controversy returns as well; and Sheldon Silver's power in NYS legislature grows, and things get done - but at the risk of transparency.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, March 31, 2009
NYT (5): International Affairs
Israeli army suddenly puts the kibosh on investigation into Gaza abuses; Arab leaders rally behind Bashir; A fourth anti-Russian Chechen is murdered; "Odd couple" (Sarkozy and Merkel) at work on European unity; and the U.S. will underwrite Afghan elections.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Westernizing Afghanistan
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Tuesday, March 31, 2009Detainee’s harsh treatment foiled no plots
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Tuesday, March 31, 2009Three Mile Island: Exposing the government’s cover up of our most infamous nuclear accident
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Tuesday, March 31, 2009BBC NEWS | Business | Obama gives car firms deadlines
Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, March 30, 2009Print: Three Mile Island, the NRC and Obama
from Ed PearlPosted by Michael Butler, Monday, March 30, 2009
Tomgram: The A.I.G. of American Foreign Policy
Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, March 30, 2009NYT Op-Eds (2)
"These days America is looking like the Bernie Madoff of economies: for many years it was held in respect, even awe, but it turns out to have been a fraud all along" (Krugman); "The U.S. must fight back against the Taliban’s communications campaign in Pakistan" (Guest Op-Ed).Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, March 30, 2009
NYT (2): National Politics/Economy
Learning from its mistakes with the banking industry, Obama administration puts severe conditions on auto industry bailout; and Texas continues to live up to its Kafka-esque reputation as it moves to allow concealed weapons on campuses.Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, March 30, 2009
NYT (5): Media
The San Francisco Chronicle may be next on the chopping block; Is cable news in permanent "campaign mode?"; Is Glenn Beck really "Howard Beale," or just a pretender?; Huffington Post will spend $1.75 million on investigative journalism; and why European newspapers are not suffering the same fate as their U.S. cousins.Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, March 30, 2009
