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"Obama's lies over the Afghanistan war remind us of the lessons of Nineteen Eighty-Four"Posted by Michael Butler, Sunday, January 31, 2010
Barack Obama’s speeches Homeward bound
"How Barack Obama's concerns have changed over the past year"Posted by Michael Butler, Sunday, January 31, 2010
Medicare-for-All: The Answer to a President’s Call and a Nation’s Woes
Posted by Michael Butler, Sunday, January 31, 2010NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (8)
"Companies should disclose whether a new law or treaty limiting greenhouse gas emissions is likely to require new investments or increase operating costs" (Editorial); "The dysfunctional Congress needs shock therapy, not a talking cure from a president with large legislative majorities and powerful strings to pull" (Rich); "The two parties must work together to remove the pall of uncertainty the international community is feeling about our country’s political stability" (Friedman); "The president has yet to realize that people want clear goals, clearly defined and clearly (and concisely) conveyed" (Blow); "Think of what this country would be like if Howard Zinn and others like him never bothered to fight for what they believed in" (Herbert); "Reform of the financial system, including regulation of the banks whose collapse would disrupt the market, can do away with the concept of 'too big to fail.'" (Volcker); "For a moment in time, at the Q. and A. with the president at the annual retreat of House Republicans, each side realized that the other had something to say" (Dowd); "The civil war in eastern Congo has claimed at least 30 times as many lives as the Haiti earthquake, yet no humanitarian crisis generates so little attention" (Kristof)Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, January 31, 2010
NYT (10+): National News
Economy grew vigorously in late 2009; 9/11 trial will be moved from NYC; Obama outlines jobs plan; The (muddled) selling of the president; The G.O.P.'s exuberance may be short-lived; Would losing a few Democrats actually help Obama?; O'Keefe and the Louisiana Four; Despite loosest gun regs in the nation, Arizona wants them looser; A solar cell for your backpack; A review of Joseph Stiglitz's new book; and reviews of books about the "Selling of the American Economy," the auto industry, George Carlin, and the Smothers Brothers.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, January 31, 2010
NYT (9): International Affairs
U.S. BUILDS UP WAR MACHINE IN PERSIAN GULF; Moussavi and Karroubi call for major rally in Iran; Blair defends himself at formal Iraq Inquiry; Bin Laden blames climate change on West [Ed. Note: At least he's not a global warming denier! LOL]; France appeals de Villepin acquittal; and China: (i) retaliates in "Western" style over U.S. arms deal with Taiwan, (ii) insists that steps on climate change be voluntary, (iii) leads the race in both wind turbines and solar panels, and (iv) finally gives in to "Avatar."Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, January 31, 2010
John Mottern: Homeless Often Hidden in Tennessee
Mottern in TruthOut ..."Tent City" is a place hidden out of sight and historically out of mind. It sprawls over a mud-rutted, brush-tangled acre of landscape nestled under a network of highway bridges along the Cumberland River on the outskirts of downtown Nashville, Tennessee... Recently, there has been a change at Tent City; the population is growing at a staggering rate.. read more
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Sunday, January 31, 2010
Obama’s meager pitch meets a brick wall
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, January 31, 2010Afghanistan’s corruption poses dilemma for US military
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, January 31, 2010Will Al Jazeera English revolutionize America’s TV news landscape?
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, January 31, 2010AlterNet: Irresponsible Aid Policies Are a Part of Haiti’s Painful History: Guiding a Rebuilding Roadmap
Another sad chapter in our history of foreign affairs. Let us hope this can be a new chapter we can be proud of. mbPosted by Michael Butler, Saturday, January 30, 2010
AlterNet: Watch out Tea Party, Progressive Anger Is Alive and Kicking
Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, January 30, 2010t r u t h o u t | Robert Reich | Obama Needs to Teach the Public How to Get Out of the Mess We’re In
Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, January 30, 2010t r u t h o u t | The Silent Destruction
Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, January 30, 2010Economics focus | From bail-out to bail-in
Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, January 30, 2010AlterNet: The Big Theories Underwriting Society Are Crashing All Around Us — Are You Ready for a New World?
Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, January 30, 2010AlterNet: Why Atheists Don’t Turn to Religion When Faced with Death or Disaster
Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, January 30, 2010JD Salinger’s Neighbors Protected Him
A fascinating article in the Rutland Herald about JD Salinger's neighbors in Cornish NH, how they fended off "the annual parade of English majors". One time during Halloween he and his wife forgot candy and gave out pencils instead - expect eBay to be flooded w claims of JD Salinger pencils in the next few weeks - mab .. read morePosted by Mike Blaxill, Saturday, January 30, 2010
Obama talks to House Republicans in Baltimore in rare, televised debate
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Saturday, January 30, 201010 ways to stop corporate dominance of politics
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Saturday, January 30, 2010Economic Growth ‘Cannot Continue’
A realistic side to the litany of growth and the mantra of sort term pursuitsPosted by Michael Butler, Friday, January 29, 2010
TomDispatch: Tomgram: Michael Klare, The Blowback Effect, 2020
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, January 29, 2010The Consortiumnews.com Obama Ignores Key Afghan Warning
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, January 29, 2010  Slavery in US Prisons     - ICH
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, January 29, 2010The Source of Corporate Power
Effects of a real WMD - the Robert's Court decision on corporate political financePosted by Michael Butler, Friday, January 29, 2010
