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NYT Op-Eds (4)
"Gay civil rights history is moving faster in the country than it is in Washington" (Rich); "Scientists are beginning to find a connection between bizarre deformities in water animals and abnormalities in humans" (Kristof. Ian's Note: The ramifications of this are far broader and more frightening than even Kristof suggests. This is an issue to follow closely.]; "The country that endows its people with more tools and basic research to create new goods and services is the one that will not just survive this crisis but thrive down the road" (Friedman); "With his Argentine lover, Mark Sanford was no longer the penny-pinching governor, but someone more fascinating: Marco, international man of mystery" (Dowd)Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, June 28, 2009
NYT (4): National Politics/Economy
"Same as it ever was," politics is behind the culture on a social issue (gay rights); "G.M., Detroit and the fall of the Black middle class"; Nebraska court rules for deportee in custody case; and how cultural and technological changes destroyed the possibility of another Beatles or Michael Jackson.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, June 28, 2009
NYT (5): International Affairs
BREAKING NEWS: In first military coup since Cold War, Honduran president is ousted; As a "mood of melancholy descends" on Tehran, a look at the vagaries of political repression; Hariri elected as Lebanese premier; and Despite the murder of the president, the general and a presidential candidate, and the torture of the former prime minister, Guinea elections will go on.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, June 28, 2009
When the revolution isn’t broadcast
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, June 28, 2009For radical Islam, the end begins
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, June 28, 2009‘A comedy of errors’: Why it’s time to get rid of the so-called Terrorist Watch List
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, June 28, 2009Not Enough Audacity
I have to add how concerned I am. I had hoped for another FDR. We need that. We need more than FDR. The situation is serious, worse than the 30's. It is not just being plundered by the banksters but other problems just as serious, some even more so. Oh, how I hope he does not let us down! mbPosted by Michael Butler, Saturday, June 27, 2009
t r u t h o u t | A Global Recovery for a Global Recession
Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, June 27, 2009Economics focus | Deliver us from competition | Economist.com
If competition in banking leads to too much risk-taking, the right remedy is better supervisionPosted by Michael Butler, Saturday, June 27, 2009
Our Lost Gay Radicalism
"The Stonewall riots of 40 years ago led to demands for liberation. Now we meekly hope for equality"Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, June 27, 2009
NYT Op-Eds (4)
"Economists say that the recession may end sometime this year, but the unemployment rate will continue to climb. That’s not a recovery. That’s mumbo jumbo" (Herbert); "Conservatives used sexual morality as a weapon and now it’s shooting them in the foot" (Blow; see also accompanying graphic); "Iran’s women stand in the vanguard against the state and the men who have accepted their discrimination" (Cohen); "The public can look past a politician’s plain-vanilla affair. The problem comes when so much is piled on to what started out as a little treat that it begins to look unnerving" (Collins)Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, June 27, 2009
NYT (7): National Politics/Economy
In super-narrow vote, House backs climate change bill; Despite promise not to engage in Bush-era policies, Obama may issue executive order re terror detainees; Rogue militias causing increasing problems for border security; Harsh economy and decreased philanthropy/alumni help diminishes available scholarships; U.S. swine flu cases hit 1 million; Times will sell Globe; In NYS, voters must accept some blame for Albany fiasco; and what do vicodin, dilaudid, xanax, zoloft, demerol, vistaril, paxil and prilosec have in common? They were all found in Michael Jackson's bloodstream.Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, June 27, 2009
NYT (4): International Affairs
Is the Iranian opposition beaten, or just biding its time?; Obama rethinks Iran diplomacy in wake of violence; Israel refuses to commit to complete freeze in West Bank building; and Shimon Peres today.Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, June 27, 2009
Nader: Financial Reform, Words and Deeds
"[Obama] provides Washington aspirins for Wall Street brain cancer ... The President's plan omits, (1) strong antitrust enforcement, (2) tough corporate crime prosecution, and (3) more authority for shareholders, who own their companies, to control their hired bosses. The plan should have included giving shareholders the decisive power to set executive compensation-the perverse compensation incentives helped push companies to wild speculation ... What about sub-prime mortgage securities? Banks would be required to retain just a five percent stake before handing them off to other syndicates. This hardly is enough to induce prudence by banks selling these mortgages to impecunious home buyers" - Nader .. read morePosted by Mike Blaxill, Saturday, June 27, 2009
Probe of Jackson’s death focuses on his physician
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Saturday, June 27, 2009Michael Jackson: Perils of a prodigy
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Saturday, June 27, 2009Rating the greatest GOP sex scandals of the past 20 years
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Saturday, June 27, 2009Fading Political Will Lets Bankers off the Hook.
Posted by Alexander Harper, Friday, June 26, 2009Arianna Huffington: Lobbyists on a Roll: Gutting Reform on Banking, Energy, and Health Care
This is one of her best pieces. It is right to the point-the body of the iceberg. Until the money side of politics is solved we will not know good government. In one way or another it has been around forever. Now it is truly out of control. Just like the economic tsunami we are currently feeling we will be engulfed by this. mbPosted by Michael Butler, Friday, June 26, 2009
The Consortiumnews.com | False Health-Scare Ad on CNN
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, June 26, 2009t r u t h o u t | Did Fed Chief Bernanke Threaten Bank of America Officials on Merger?
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, June 26, 2009NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (5)
"The House should pass a bill that puts a price on carbon emissions, the first step toward averting the worst damage from climate change" (Editorial); Paul Krugman on Obama's lack of audacity ("President Obama has eloquently explained the case for health care reform, but will he compromise so much to get a plan through Congress that it won’t do the job?); two guest op-eds on the 40th anniversary of Stonewall ("A raid at the Stonewall Inn that galvanized gays was primarily a crackdown on the Mafia"; "It was the second night at Stonewall that pointed the way to gay liberation"); and David Brooks on the limits of evolutionary psychology ("Evolutionary psychology has had a good run. But now there is growing pushback. Critics say the theory is being used to try to explain more than it can bear").Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, June 26, 2009
NYT (6): National News/Economy
Troubled (some might argue tortured) pop star Michael Jackson dies; SC rules against use of crime analyses without direct testimony; Obama and Congress butt heads on pay plan for health care; Two major utilities pull out from clean coal consortium; A dangerous mixture of God and guns; and how ad men are using your Facebook or MySpace page.Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, June 26, 2009
NYT (5): International Affairs
Is there a next step for Iranian opposition?; Israel cedes some security in West Bank; Flying in face of international protests, China increases Internet censorship; India to create National ID Card [Ed. Note: This is one to watch.]; and Egyptian zillionaire gets death sentence for murder.Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, June 26, 2009
Food Inc: Michael Pollan and Friends Reveal the Food Industry’s Darkest Secrets
Tara Lohan of Alternet interviews "Food Inc." director Robert Kenner whose film chronicles what he found out while spending six years tracing the path of corporate food production, and which features Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma) and Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation) .. read morePosted by Mike Blaxill, Friday, June 26, 2009
