04-01-09
- Bird Flu - The Threat Goes On:
- H5N1 virus may be adapting to pigs in Indonesia (cidrap) -- Could mutate either direction in pigs.
- The Prison-Industrial Complex:
- Stirrings Of Prison Reform (digby) "Jim Webb stepped firmly on a political third rail last week when he introduced a bill to examine sweeping reforms to the criminal justice system."
- The Great Economic Shakedown:
- Treasury gets even worse with nomination of Neal Wolin as #2 (americablog) "Neal Wolin, played a key role in drafting legislation in the late 1990s deregulating the banking system, a former Treasury Department official confirms to us."
- Astronaut's Head Upgraded During Spacewalk (apod)
