November 23, 2009 05:00 AM
Mike's Blog Roundup
cab drollery: For those naive enough to be laboring under the delusion that the Obama administration's Department of Justice is any different than the Bush administration's, allow me to disabuse you of that misconception.
The Big Picture: How overrated is sentiment in economics?
alicublog: The Children of Zhdanov
Corrente: What we can learn from Iceland
Mondoweiss: Feeling the hate in Washington
The Grey Matter: Light bulb moment, striking statistic, dramatic change


Good morning from cloudy Florida!
I am trying to stay on my anti-politics diet. Just hoping to lose some of my anger and frustration.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
This will help you.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
Now you're talking! :)
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
I hope it was good. My hospital's IT has blocked that site.
The people of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage." J.K. Galbraith
Warming's impacts sped up, worsened since Kyoto - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_sc/...
Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated — beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then.
25 reasons to care about climate change - http://www.grist.org/article/2009-11-19-top-2...
The War on Soy: Why the 'Miracle Food' May Be a Health Risk and Environmental Nightmare - http://www.alternet.org/water/144074/the_war_...
"It's not that all soy is bad; in fact, eating it in small doses can be quite healthy, if it's fermented. But when it's not, that's where the problems begin. Soy is a legume, which contains high amounts of phytic acid. Phytic acid binds to minerals (like calcium, magnesium, copper, iron and zinc), interfering with the body's ability to absorb them (which is usually a bad thing).
Soy is also known to contain "antinutrients," among them enzyme inhibitors that interfere with protein digestion. The Chinese figured out about 2,000 years ago..."
Vegetarians aren't the only ones who should be concerned; there's soy in just about everything you eat these days -- including hamburgers, mac 'n cheese and salad dressing.
Big Pharma Lobbyists Script Speeches In U.S. Congress, Industry Fights Against Generic Drugs - http://www.desmogblog.com/big-pharma-lobbyist...
Who Is Bankrolling the "Friends of Science"? - http://www.desmogblog.com/who-bankrolling-fri...
JOBS we can believe in: Merkley wants Senate jobs bill to help finance building efficiency retrofits - http://www.grist.org/article/2009-11-20-merkl...
Last week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid met with the chairs of six committees that might have some hand in developing the clean energy bill. The question at hand was whether the bill should be pushed back in favor of a short-term focus on finance reform, jobs, and the deficit.
Though John Kerry argued vigorously that the clean energy is a jobs bill that won't grow the deficit, it looks like he lost out and there will be some kind of standalone jobs bill in the interim. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)
US builds up its bases in oil-rich South America - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/ameri...
The fact that the US gets half its oil from Latin America was one of the reasons the US Fourth Fleet was re-established in the region's waters in 2008. The fleet's vessels can include Polaris nuclear-armed submarines – a deployment seen by some experts as a violation of the 1967 Tlatelolco Treaty, which bans nuclear weapons from the continent.
Indications of US willingness to envisage the stationing of nuclear weapons in Colombia are seen as an additional threat to the spirit of nuclear disarmament. After the establishment of the Tlatelolco Treaty in 1967, four more nuclear-weapon-free zones were set up in Africa, the South Pacific, South-east Asia and Central Asia.
Between them, the five treaties cover nearly two-thirds of the countries of the world and almost all the southern hemisphere.
Clinton says he couldn’t attend health clinic because of Olbermann - http://rawstory.com/2009/11/clinton-attend-he...
Keith Olbermann is ruining America. Or so suggested ex-president Bill Clinton, who told a blogger this week that he couldn't attend a free medical clinic being paid for in part by supporters of the MSNBC television host because he had "politicized" the event.
Ummm...Bill...have you forgotten the politicized con-servative republican witch hunt of 8 years that was your presidency?
What Palin's "Jewish people will be flocking to Israel" statement really means. Not good. Sarah's into some very bad religious stuff.
- http://www.talk2action.org/story/2009/11/19/1...
We don't inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children - Native American proverb
If being cold means there's no such thing as global warming, does being full mean there's no such thing as world hunger?
How overrated is sentiment in economics?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvd7WTfzCWA
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
On rape and slavery:
by Johann Hari here
statusquObama, change you can only pretend in
If you want a picture of the future, imagine a wingtip stamping on a human face . . . for ever.
Roy's sharp, as usual.
...aren't quite doing all they could to shrink their Party...
Did you think they were doing a pretty good job? Well think again. All you have to do is look at the following Resolution that is making the rounds of Republicans called "RNC RESOLUTION ON FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF CANDIDATES," and you'll see why they have only begun to place the gun to their collective foot:
Wow! If you disagree with three or more of these things (I disagreed with 6 of them right off) then the Party would give you no funds to run. Moderate Republicans, like those running in Primaries in Florida or California could kiss the Big Elephant goodbye.
If this hadn't been distributed by REAL Republicans, you could have easily convinced me that it was a Democratic practical joke.
But it's not.
It's not yet clear that the resoultion will actually be formally introduced. RNC Committeeman Jim Bopp, Jr., the author of this resolution, is general counsel to the National Right to Life. He confirmed that he and others are considering proposing this resolution at the winter RNC meeting, which will take place in late January.
I would encourage them to get this through... like most Democrats I will cheer on their endeavor!
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