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63 Percent of Americans Oppose War in Afghanistan
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, December 31, 2010Robert Reich: New Year’s Prediction
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, December 31, 2010The Media’s Failure to Challenge Corporate Spin and Lies
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, December 31, 2010A New Year’s Resolution for the Rich – Sam Harris
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, December 31, 2010Saving the Senate From Itself
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, December 31, 2010The “Family” – Who Really Is Behind This Secret Organization?
Just remember that all wars are in the name of "God". mbPosted by Michael Butler, Friday, December 31, 2010
Foreclosure Crisis Was Avoidable – Elizabeth Warren
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, December 31, 2010Robert Meeropol: Julian Assange, My Parents and the Espionage Act of 1917
Meerpol is the son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg ..The 1917 Act has a notorious history. It originally served to squelch opposition to World War I. It criminalized criticism of the war effort, and sent hundreds of dissenters to jail just for voicing their opinions. It transformed dissent into treason. Many who attacked the law noted that the framers of the Constitution had specifically limited what constituted treason by writing it into the Constituton.. read more
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Friday, December 31, 2010
NYT Op-Eds (3)
"This was a year of spectacular hypocrisy. From politicians (mainly Republicans), that meant you got your money for nothing and your tax cuts for free" (Krugman); "As members of the baby boom generation begin to turn 65, they may need to re-examine the notion that 'age is just a number'" (Guest Op-Ed); "Two philosophers argue for living life by riding the unexpected whooshes that come along, whether at a sporting event or at church" (Brooks)Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, December 31, 2010
NYT (6): National News
Rattner gets $10 million slap on the wrist; New EPA rules "politically dangerous" for both sides; New House gives Holder headaches; "I'm-not-a-witch" says "I am not a crook"; Bloomberg continues to get pummeled for storm response; and Facebook lawsuit may get bigger.Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, December 31, 2010
NYT (3): Foreign Affairs
Former Israeli prez guilty of rape; Still no oil, but Israel strikes huge gas field; and Christians under concerted attack in Iraq.Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, December 31, 2010
China Makes Skype illegal!
Posted by Harry Sifton, Thursday, December 30, 2010Truthdig – ‘The Comeback Kid’ and the Kids Who Won’t
More about war and its love affair with both sides of the political spectrum.mbPosted by Michael Butler, Thursday, December 30, 2010
The United States, Israel and the Arabs: Please, not again | The Economist
For well over 50 years I have been on this warning. Of course our national industry WMD's must keep selling to all sides. They for sure will want the clients to use their new armaments-more sales. mbPosted by Michael Butler, Thursday, December 30, 2010
Truthdig – A Far From Happy New Year
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, December 30, 2010Ernst & Young sued over Lehman: Going for the auditors | The Economist
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, December 30, 2010IMPORTANT – Jane Hamsher and Glenn Greenwald Take on Wired Magazine and Adrian Lamo (the Hacker/Mental Patient Guy Who Dropped Dime on Bradley Manning)
The Feds are trying to use Lamo's unreliable memory of his alleged chats with Manning to get Assange on an espionage charge -- so Glenn and Jane (god bless them) are going after Lamo and his buds at Wired magazine who are refusing to release the full chat logs -- at issue is Lamo's changing story as he makes the rounds in various media to tell his odd tale of engaging Manning in online chats, which strangely began (in one dubious Lamo tale) after Manning randomly found him by googling "Wikileaks" -- now that the Feds are going after Assange via Lamo, all gloves are off -- Glenn has a (MUST READ) post entitled "Wired's refusal to release or comment on the Manning chat logs" about Wired's role in all this -- Jane posted "Citizen Journalism and the Lamo-Manning Chat Logs" (another MUST READ) about Wired editor Evan Hansen defending himself by changing the subject and attacking Greenwald w/out directly addressing any of Glenn's criticisms -- Jane also compiled all the published chat logs between Lamo and Manning as well as transcripts from every Lamo media interview (w/help from an all-volunteer FDL-reader transcriber contingent) -- so basically a whole lot of stuff to read and familiarize yourself with on an unfolding and fascinating/disturbing story - mabPosted by Mike Blaxill, Thursday, December 30, 2010
NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (3)
"All of us who value free speech, even when it is obnoxious, benefit from a recent appellate court ruling" (Editorial); "Contrary to what Gov. Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania may say, a delayed football game doesn't represent the collapse of American values" (Egan); "That headline says: First learn Spanish. Then study Chinese" (Kristof)Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, December 30, 2010
NYT (5+): National News
Just when they need it most, no "pre-ordained" candidate for GOP; MA joins CA in radical emissions standards; Judge backs legality of waiver for NYC schools chancellor; Judge rejects NYC law re antismoking posters; and it's Weather 1, Bloomberg 0, as latter finally admits fault in handling of snowstorm (plus related articles).Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, December 30, 2010
NYT (3): Foreign Affairs
Khodorkovsky gets 6 more years; Will Africa itself oust Ivorian leader?; and is South Sudan already preparing for shariah law?Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, December 30, 2010
America’s revival begins in its cities
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Thursday, December 30, 2010Liberals should accept defeat and get back to their goals
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Thursday, December 30, 20102010: The Year the Tide Turned Against AIDS?
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Thursday, December 30, 2010Obama’s Fear of the Reagan Narrative
a very valid fear as the selling of anti government rhetoric by Republicans, ie Reaganism has been well done. The Democrats have done an abysmal job of having a counter slogan. Nor have they come up with a new positive motto of their own.mbPosted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, December 29, 2010
