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Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, December 31, 2011FOCUS | 2012: Where Do We Go From Here? – Sen. Bernie Sanders
Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, December 31, 2011The Rain and the Reckoning
Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, December 31, 2011FOCUS: How Many US Casualties in Iraq? Guess Again.
Subject for New YearsPosted by Michael Butler, Saturday, December 31, 2011
State of Nature – Baseline
Unfettered corporationsPosted by Michael Butler, Saturday, December 31, 2011
Judge: SEC Misled Court – The Daily Beast
Not the first nor last time for SEC to give crime a pass. mbPosted by Michael Butler, Saturday, December 31, 2011
NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (3)
"After Republicans took control of the House this year, they weakened many programs that Americans need" (Editorial); "Egypt’s military and Islamist politicians are competing for power. America should ensure that neither side is left empty-handed" (Guest Op-Ed); "A selection of visual highlights from the past year of Op-Ed art" (Op-Art)Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, December 31, 2011
NYT (5): National News
A chart of where the GOP candidates stand on various issues; Is the NYPD using questionable methods in keeping crime stats down?; In wake of customer outrage, Verizon drops $2 fee; As production costs rise and organic milk becomes scarcer (and more expensive), a question returns: what is "organic?"Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, December 31, 2011
NYT (3): Foreign Affairs
In face of int'l outrage, Egyptian military promises to end crackdown on civic groups; Huge rallies in Syria continue; The Chinese politician who bucked the system in Wukan - and may have changed gov't response to protest forever.Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, December 31, 2011
FAIR: Occupy the P.U.-litzers!
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting ..This year has given us simply too many worthy contenders for FAIR's annual P.U.-litzers--recognizing the stinkiest journalism of the year. A big part of the problem was that so many outlets were striving to distinguish themselves with especially awful coverage of the Occupy Wall Street movement. So to note those lowlights, we bring you a special installment of P.U.-litzers: The OWS edition .. New York Times' Ginia Bellafante - Under the headline "Gunning for Wall Street, With Faulty Aim" (9/23/11), Bellafante turned in the quintessential corporate media dismissal of progressive protests .... read more
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Saturday, December 31, 2011
A Greek Tragedy to Cheer us all up – FT
Posted by Alexander Harper, Saturday, December 31, 2011Iraq is not being run so differently to what it was under Sadaam. FT
Posted by Alexander Harper, Friday, December 30, 2011Truthdig – Marginalizing Ron Paul – Robert Scheer
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, December 30, 2011It’s Obama-Clinton in 2012 – Robert Reich
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, December 30, 2011TV Analysts’ Collusion With the Military: Disgraceful but Legal?
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, December 30, 2011Carelessly Mistaking Theater For Policy
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, December 30, 2011United States as a Global Power: New World Disorder | Common Dreams
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, December 30, 2011America’s #1 Killer: Legal Opiate Overdoses
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, December 30, 2011Truthdig – Oh, Canada’s Become a Home for Record Fracking
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, December 30, 2011NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (3)
"Rhode Island rightly argues that the death penalty is abhorrent and ineffective, so we sympathize with his refusal to turn over a prisoner who could be executed" (Editorial); "Once again, when politicians and policy makers decided to focus on deficits, not jobs, they proved Keynes right about a slump being the wrong time for austerity" (Krugman); "A new debate over nature, nurture, toys and sex from the Lego people and their peers" (Guest Op-Ed)Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, December 30, 2011
NYT (7): National News
GOP candidates talk "limited government"...except for the president; Court upholds immunity for telecomms in surveillance - but not for government; Judge blocks CA fuel regulation law; Economics causing come cities to turn off lights at night; Judge says SEC misled two courts in Citigroup case; Verizon has a Netflix moment; NYC traffic deaths at 100-year low.Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, December 30, 2011
NYT (5): Foreign Affairs
Egyptian military begins targeting civic groups and NGOs; As violence continues in Syria despite presence of Arab League observers, huge protests also continue; Russian Orthodox Church turns against Putin; U.S. makes $30 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia; China moves forward with huge, controversial dam.Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, December 30, 2011
The Guardian: World pays Ecuador not to extract oil from rainforest
John Vidal in The Guardian ..According to the UN, the "crowdfunding" initiative had last night raised $116m (£75m), enough to temporarily halt the exploitation of the 722 square miles of "core" Amazonian rainforest known as Yasuní national park in Ecuador .. The idea of asking people to pay for something not to take place was widely dismissed by national treasuries as holding the world to ransom. The German development minister, Dirk Niebel, said that the principle of paying for the oil not to be exploited "would be setting a precedent with unforeseeable referrals". However, Germany has now contributed $48m in "technical assistance". The former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was widely criticised after he wrote off $51m of Ecuador's $10bn external debt as Italy's contribution.. read more
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Friday, December 30, 2011
