02-21-09
- Don't Drink the Water & Don't Breathe the Air (Tom Lehrer wiki - playlist - youtube - pollution):
- Sweetness and Blight - There's mercury in our soda pop! (grist) "Why is the FDA unwilling to study evidence of mercury in high-fructose corn syrup?"
- Biting the Hand That Seeds You (nytimes) "Biotech companies block scientists from researching environmental impacts of GMOs"
- Military-Industrial Complex:
- Rewriting History: Prince of Darkness Richard Perle Denies Own Existence (washingtonpost)
- Global Warming and Lack of Will - Why We're All Bound to Roast:
- Rich nations failing to meet climate aid pledges (guardian.co.uk) "World's richest countries have pledged nearly $18bn to help poorer countries adapt to climate change, but less than $1bn has been disbursed"
- Class Warfare:
- Populism Tango Redux (digbysblog)
- The Grand Obstructionist Party:
- Strong Investment (digbysblog) -- Republicons playing the judicial system to keep Sen. Al Franken from being seated and adding to the Democrat majority
- Coleman Flip-Flops Yet Again on Counting Rejected Absentee Ballots (bradblog)
- Social Security Under Attack -- Again:
- Peter G. Peterson Foundation - Titanic Liars (digbysblog)
- Our "Liberal Media":
- Toothless: The watchdog press that became the government’s lapdog (onlinejournal Part 1 - Part 2: The Lapdogs Get Some Teeth)
- The Swift View of Comet Lulin (apod)
