Monday, December 29, 2008

12-29-08
  • Bush's one-time best choice to lead Homeland Security, Bernie Kerik, just can't stay out of trouble. He would have fit into the Bush regime so well. (nyt)
  • In service to their uber-rich paymasters, Bush regime has stripped workers of basic protections and slowed OSHA (lasvegassun)
  • Chinese tainted toys, the tainted milk, the tainted pet food, the tainted food products, the tainted pharmaceuticals, the tainted furniture, the generally low quality products and now the tainted drywall (tcpalm) Emitting dangerous fumes
  • Christopher Hitchens has such a way with words Rick Warren's Role in the Inauguration (slate)
  • Republican Obstructionist Games Mitch McConnell Puts the Brakes on Stimulus Plan (wapo)
  • Mayday Over Ohio Another Rove Enemy [Mike Connell] Goes Down in Flames (bloggernewsnetwork) (rawstory) - Rove's IT Guru Warned of Sabotage Before Fatal Plane Crash; Was Set to Testify (democracynow video) (youtube) (velvetrevolution) (computerworld)
  • Another cave-in to his elite handlers Obama was wrong to scuttle his windfall oil-profits tax plan (Wayne Madsen, grandforksherald)
  • MoveOn members moved by basic survival fears over need for full civil rights and the rule of law (politico) (yglesias) Members chose universal health care, economic recovery and job creation, building a green economy/stopping climate change, and end the war in Iraq over holding the Bush administration accountable, fighting for gay rights and LGBT equality, and reforming campaigns and elections. Who's listening to whom?
  • Broadcast networks have stopped sending full-time correspondents to Iraq (nyt) (thinkprogress)
  • Reaffirmed yet one more time Premarital abstinence pledges are ineffective and harmful (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) (wapo) (thinkprogress) - Teenagers Who Make Such Promises Are Just as Likely to Have Sex, and Less Likely to Use Protection. [This finding has been around for years.]
  • From the biggest brother country in the West, Internet Censorship?- Websites could get cinema-style ratings (reuters) - "to better police the Internet and protect children from harmful and offensive material"
  • Chile says Chaiten volcano still poses danger (reuters) - Chile has the second largest and most active chain of volcanoes in the world after Indonesia.
  • Bird flu found in poultry in northern Vietnam (reuters) - The H5N1 strain has killed 247 people globally among the 391 confirmed cases of infection since 2003, according to the World Health Organization. Vietnam has 106 infections, the second highest number of cases among 15 countries with known human cases after Indonesia. Very high risk of bird flu returning during the winter and spring in northern Vietnam. The H5N1 strain seems to thrive best in low temperature.
  • Wal-Mart to start selling 4 ($197) and 8 gigabyte ($297) iPhones (reuters) - Plus 2-year contract with AT&T
  • Obama looks to ease 46-year-old sanctions a little against Cuba (reuters)
  • Pakistan urges "de-escalation" with India (reuters)
  • Israeli Attacks Kill Over 310 in Gaza in One of Israel’s Bloodiest Attacks on Palestinians Since 1948 (democracynow video) - Protests throughout Europe and Middle East against Israeli Blitzkrieg against Gaza population (afp) - A Hundred Eyes for an Eye (Norman Solomon, afterdowningstreet) - Why to they fight? (Map of shrinking Palestinian borders) - Qumsiyeh A Human Rights Web (Links Page)
  • The mamas and the papas - California dreamin (youtube)
  • NGC 1569 Starburst in a Dwarf Irregular Galaxy (apod)
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