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Begin forwarded message: > From: Robert Tapp <tappx001 [at] umn.edu> > Date: December 12, 2009 5:06:51 PM CST > To: Humanist Institute Discussion List <hidisc [at] humanistinstitute.org> > > > Rob Kall does an amazing job with OpEdNews. As newspapers and competent > journalism disappears, we must work harder to stay in touch with a changing > world so that we can try to re-shape it with humanist values. Kall and his > helpers do a good job of scouring useful sources often hidden by celebrity > sensationalism. > > In this issue are several more critical comments on Obama's Nobel speech. > Don't miss Ralph Nader and Elizabeth Ferrari! > > And feel free to subscribe for yourselves! > > Bob > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: rob [at] opednews.com <rob [at] opednews.com> >> Date: December 12, 2009 11:59:42 AM CST >> >> Subject: OpEdNews; Why the Focus on Tiger-sh*t? >> >> OpEdNews >> Bold and Daring: The Way Progressive News Should Be >> >> Hot News EconCrisis Obama Election Integrity LGBT Gay >> Media Biz- Econ Edges Govt Religions Life/Arts >> Security WMDs Terror Rights Justice Democracy Health Veterans >> Military Torture Guantanamo Food/Farming Mideast Iran Iraq Afg >> Pa Mid East 911 Eco Enviro Activism >> Community >> If you have a problem reading this email, please click here to see the web >> page version >> You received this email because you signed up for it at OpEdNews. >> Unsubscribe instructions are at the bottom of this email. >> >> Why the Focus on Tiger-Sh*t? >> by rob kall Just a thought. Did you ever, ever imagine that the mainstream >> media could dedicate so much airtime to tiger-sh*t? Something must be done. >> The congress needs some Tiger pooper scoopers. >> >> Volunteer editors needed. >> We've been getting backed up in the queue lately. Are you a person with a >> history with OEN? You've posted comments or articles or diaries and you have >> some skills with editing or writing or dealing with images? We could use >> your help as a volunteer editor, if you can give as little as an hour a >> week. Drop me a note and let's explore the possibilities. >> >> Have you tried our new facebook tools? >> Try adding an article or link or diary to your facebook feed. It's really >> easy. >> >> The other day, I posted a quotation by Matt Damon. I was shocked to see that >> it was viewed over 10,000 times. Here's the link. The quote was from a >> trailer for what promises to be an extraordinary series set to start sunday >> night on the history channel-- The People Speak. it includes Matt Damon and >> a host of progressive actors and performers. I'll be checking it out. >> >> Movie review: Invictus-- Mandela taps the power of Sports to Unite a People >> I am afflicted with sports A.D.D., so I can't usually watch pro games, een >> ones like the world series, even when the Phillies, my home town team was >> playing. >> But this was a great movie. It tells the story of how Mandela used Rugby to >> bring the South African people together. It shows how politics by other >> means is sometimes the best, most brilliant way to get things done. That >> said, one of our other managing editors was disappointed in the flick, >> saying there was not enough character development. I'm a fan of the hero's >> journey, as applied to film, and the character arc in this movie happened >> for Matt Damon's character, as head of the rugby team, for the team itself >> and for the nation of South Africa. This movie touched my heart and on more >> than the average number of occasions, this softie who cries easily, was >> inspired to cry. To me, when a film inspires such feelings, based on irony, >> on achievement, on seeing justice happen-- it's done it's job for me. >> >> Have you thought about making a donation to support OpEdNEws? We're user >> supported and depend on your help. Click here to donate. >> >> rob >> >> Latest Headlines >> >> >> By John Jonik >> How The Left Serves the Corporatocracy >> It may be impossible, noting the billions and trillions of dollars at stake, >> that Insurance Industry PR agents have not created fake "universal health >> care" groups etc. I's hard to tell is any such groups are legit. 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That is why we need to >> understand that we really know little of what we have in technology to meet >> our energy needs because we can't trust the power structure that controls >> that information and that technology. >> >> By George Staropoli >> Where does Pres. Obama stand on flying the flag in HOAs? >> I'm wondering how President Obama feels about this very important issue: HOA >> control of flying the American flag. I understand he likes to deal in >> substantive issues. After all, he IS the President of these United States, >> isn't he? >> >> By arn specter >> Incredible Organized Murders in the Philippines >> On Nov.23 the known Ampatuan Clan of Maguindanao Island captured a convoy of >> 60 people in the Philippines and proceeded to murder 57 of them, including >> 31 journalists. this atrocity propelled the government and army into action. >> they captured many of the "family" and will indict them in Philippine Court. >> This crime will go down in history and needs to be remembered. Current >> governments be alert and take action asap... >> >> By George Washington >> Copenhagen Framework Demands Huge Amounts of Spending, But Allows >> Enron-Style Accounting Tricks to Thwart Real Change >> Copenhagen isn't Hopenhagen, but more Enron-style shenaningans. >> >> By George Washington >> Can Nobel Prize Winner Obama At LEAST Stop the Torture? >> Come on, friends, this is AMERICA ... let's stop the torture. >> >> By mikel weisser >> This Week In Capitalism >> Capitalism means you screw people over as hard as you can for as much as you >> can. By those and numerous other standards, 2009 has been a very good year >> for capitalism. >> >> By Caitlin Watt >> Help make US Government own up to its racial disparities and eliminate them >> This could be a great opportunity to open Congress' eyes to 21st Century >> discrimination, to the state's responsibility for creating policies and >> practices that entrench and reproduce old forms of discrimination, and >> creating so-called -"race blind-"- policies that have disparate impact on >> minority populations. >> >> >> Best News Links from the Web >> >> No Exit >> By Richard N. Haass | NEWSWEEK Published Dec 5, 2009 From the magazine issue >> dated Dec 14, 2009 Sartre's play No Exit features characters who cannot >> escape from one another. The United States is counting on Iraqis and Afghans >> to do more so that Americans can do less. But in neither country is it >> obvious, or even likely, that this will turn out to be the case. >> >> Lost in Miami, by Ben Davis >> It's easy to get lost in Miami during the fairs. And this in a double sense. >> The main fair, Art Basel Miami Beach, Dec. 2-5, was particularly confounding >> this year, as it had spread like the evil hedge maze from The Shining to >> fill the entirety of the cavernous Miami Beach Convention Center. >> >> Repentant Microsoft re-issues Windows 7 tool as open-source By Gregg Keizer >> Microsoft yesterday re-released a Windows 7 installation tool that it >> admitted included open-source code, and has posted the utility's source code >> to its own open-source site. >> >> Cornering the Market on Comedy >> Video: Chicago's Second City has produced some of America's most memorable >> comedians, from the stable of "Saturday Night Live" stars to today's hits >> like "30 Rock." 600 alumni return this weekend for a 50th reunion. Jennifer >> Waters reports. >> >> Is Waziristan Operation Really Over? >> Prime Minister of Pakistan has announced that the operation in Afghanistan >> is over, but there are still questions which need to be anwsered. Pakistan >> has really succeeded in the operation. If the operation in Waziristan is >> over then why the US drones have been carrying out attacks. Pakistan Army >> has been conducting operation for the last one and half year in tribal >> areas. Thousands have been killed in the fighting. >> >> Two links for Obama and Palestinian Christians Call and Echo >> >> One of the greatest Christian spiritual leaders of all time, Thomas Merton, >> a Trappist monk that listened to Bob Dylan LP's in his hermitage in Kentucky >> during the '60's was the first religious voice to rise up and speak out >> against the Vietnam War. He said, "The duty of the Christian is to work for >> the total abolition of war. Unless war is abolished; the world will remain >> constantly in a state of madness." >> >> CORY DOCTOROW: Dr Peter Watts, Canadian Science Fiction Writer, Beaten and >> Arrested at US Border >> >> â""sf writer Peter Watts was beaten without provocation and arrested by US >> border guards on Tuesday." >> >> Military launches inquiry into Afghan detainee By Janice Tibbetts and Juliet >> O'Neill >> Canada's top soldier backtracked Wednesday on his earlier assertions that a >> beaten and bloodied Afghan was never detained by Canadian troops before he >> was transferred to local authorities. Gen. Walter Natynczyk has ordered an >> investigation into the incident, to find out why he was not told for more >> than three years and to examine a soldier's assertion that Afghan police had >> assaulted previous Taliban suspects. >> >> The Strange Consensus on Obama's Nobel Address >> Glenn Greenwald: [T]wo points on which virtually everyone seemed to agree: >> (1) it was the most explicitly pro-war speech ever delivered by anyone while >> accepting the Nobel Peace Prize; and (2) it was the most comprehensive >> expression of Obama's foreign policy principles since he became President. >> >> Land Mines >> Moyers: The U.S. is one of a few countries that won't ban land mines. It's >> time for the president to change that. Last year 5,000 people were killed or >> wounded by land mines, often placed in the ground years before, during wars >> long since over. >> >> Lawyer Uses "Starbucks Defense" for Client Who Ran Over Two Washington State >> Students By Caleb Hannan >> Dan Noble is having a bad week. On Monday, the 31-year-old financial analyst >> was spotted weaving in highway traffic. He then reportedly steered his Grand >> Am on to the main drag of the Washington State's campus, where he twice >> violated the driver-pedestrian code of honor by hitting two Cougar students >> while they were in the crosswalk. >> >> Minister's Wife Admits to Being a Stripper, What Would Jesus Think? >> It's nice to see a little honesty coming from the religious. >> >> Hackers find a home in Amazon's EC2 cloud By Robert McMillan >> Security researchers have spotted the Zeus botnet running an unauthorized >> command and control center on Amazon's EC2 cloud computing infrastructure. >> >> How many marijuana plants make a grow-op? Vancouver police speak out by Josh >> Wingrove >> >> On the eve of a looming Senate vote on a series of controversial amendments >> to Bill C-15, which targets drug offenders by creating mandatory minimum >> sentences, a major police force has weighed into the fray. The Senate >> amendments include the removal of a six-month mandatory minimum for >> offenders caught with 200 or fewer marijuana plants, as well as the >> exemption of aboriginal offenders from minimums. >> >> Clinton whips Iran on sites >> >> The â"time has comeâ"Ë? for the world to condemn Iran's nuclear program, >> Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a taped interview with Al Jazeera >> English. At a certain point, the international community must speak with one >> voice, and we think that time has come with respect to Iran's nuclear >> program,â"Ë? she added. >> >> Bacteria Engineered to Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Liquid Fuel - ScienceDaily >> ScienceDaily (Dec. 11, 2009) â"â?° In a new approach, researchers from the >> UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have >> genetically modified a cyanobacterium to consume carbon dioxide and produce >> the liquid fuel isobutanol, which holds great potential as a gasoline >> alternative. The reaction is powered directly by energy from sunlight, >> through photosynthesis. >> >> The Obama Effect: The Demise of the Democratic Party and a Gift to the >> Country >> Obama has given, albeit unwittingly, a great gift to the majority. He has >> shown those who still have brainwaves that nevermore should anyone other >> than a corporate shill believe in a Democrat for any positive change in >> terms of the vast majority. The one thing that Obama has changed: the >> credulity accorded Democratic demagoguery. >> >> Senate Passes Compromised Health Care Reform -- Will Progressive Dems >> Support the Final Bill? >> Wisconsin Democrat Russ Feingold lodged the most serious objection, saying >> he would not "support proposals that would replace the public option in the >> bill with a purely private approach." "We need to have some competition for >> the insurance industry to keep rates down and save taxpayer dollars," said >> Feingold. >> >> The Reason for 15 Million Unemployed: Poor Thinking at the Top >> There are proposals for using this sort of work sharing being considered in >> both houses of Congress at the moment. Sen. Jack Reed (D-Rhode Island) and >> Rep. Rosa DeLauro have both introduced bills that would build upon >> work-share programs that already exist in 17 states. These programs allow >> employers to use unemployment insurance funds to keep workers employed at >> shorter hours, rather than laying them off with unemployment >> >> America Without a Middle Class -- It's Not Far Away As You Might Think >> Elizabeth Warren: Today, one in five Americans is unemployed, underemployed >> or just plain out of work. One in nine families can't make the minimum >> payment on their credit cards. One in eight mortgages is in default or >> foreclosure. One in eight Americans is on food stamps. >> >> Jobs Crisis Fact Sheet >> (Note that all numbers are current as of December 4, 2009. States numbers >> are current as of November 20, 2009.) >> >> How Close Are Blackwater and the CIA? >> >> The Nation's Jeremy Scahill, a Blackwater expert who literally wrote the >> book on the group, suspects Blackwater itself put out the story for >> self-serving reasons. "Blackwater is leaking the CIA ops for a reason. It >> also distracts from ongoing ops that are not CIA." That could include >> operations with military special forces commands such as JSOC. >> >> Man throws tomatoes at Sarah Palin by Christina Wilkie >> >> A man was arrested in Bloomington, Minn. on Monday for throwing tomatoes at >> former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R). >> >> Brits Put Whopping Tax on Bank Bonuses - HuffPo >> >> listair Darling, the U.K.'s Chancellor of the Exchequer -- sort of like a >> Treasury Secretary, but with more pluck -- announced today that he will >> impose an immediate, one-time 50-percent tax on bonuses of more than 25,000 >> pounds (about $40,800). That's on top of regular income taxes. The New York >> Times calls it "the most direct attack on bonuses anywhere in the world." >> >> A snow primer (no two facts alike) >> >> "There is no such thing as the pure driven snow," says David Phillips, >> senior climatologist with Environment Canada. Snow begins with a nucleus, >> which can be a speck of dust, or salt, or spore, or bit of pollution. >> >> Americans Owe Less. That's Not All Good. >> By FLOYD NORRIS Published: December 12, 2009 Some Americans have paid down >> their credit cards and mortgages, but much of the shrinkage in outstanding >> debt is a result of bank write-offs. >> >> Pharma Deal Shuts Down Senate Health Care Debate; Flushes out Whore Carper >> (D- DE) >> The White House, aided by Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), is working hard to crush >> an amendment being pushed by Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) to allow for the >> reimportation of pharmaceutical drugs from Canada, Senate sources tell the >> Huffington Post. As a result, the Senate health care debate has come to a >> standstill: Carper has placed a "hold" on Dorgan's amendment and in >> response, Dorgan says, he'll object to any other amendment >> >> Our Murderers in the Sky >> Scott Ritter: The ââ?¢Ë?war on terrorââ?¢Ë? has shredded the concept of >> the rule of law, at least as applied by the United States within the context >> of this struggle... There is no more telling example of this than the >> current program of targeted assassination taking place under the guise of >> armed unmanned aerial drones (also known as remotely piloted vehicles, or >> RPVs) operating in the Af-Pak theater of operations. >> >> Supporting the ACLU >> Glenn Greenwald: It is not hyperbole to say that, over the past decade, >> there has been no organization more important to the United States, the >> Constitution, and basic political liberties than the ACLU. From the start of >> the Bush/Cheney assault on core civil liberties--when most organizations and >> individuals were petrified of opposing any efforts justified by >> "terrorism"--the ACLU was one of a small handful of groups which >> >> Become Intelligently Selfish, Choose a Sustainable Lifestyle >> Living sustainably is just common sense. >> >> Is America in Decline? The Charts Don't Lie ... >> >> It is a possibility universally debated, to paraphrase (or mangle) the great >> writer: that the American dynasty is in decline. That, after all, was the >> subtext for the controversy over President Obama's bow to Emperor Akihito of >> Japan during his trip to Asia in November, which conservative critics took >> as an expression of what they regard as Obama's belief that the U.S., no >> longer the unchallenged superpower... >> >> Iran's Gains Strategic Momentum Balancing Russia, the PRC, and the West >> Iran is gathering momentum to become a great regional power with global >> implications. Effective 2010, Iran is part of the Russian-dominated Central >> Asian energy and strategic framework, as is Turkey. The fact that the West >> has "lost" Turkey and Iran (and the fact that Iran is now working closely >> with Turkey on a range of issues, but motivated mutually by the energy >> network controlled by Moscow) >> >> Allvoices.com - Do You Remember 09/11/2001? >> Last week the left along with the right were going crazy over the >> President's speech on Afghanistan, I just have two questions for everyone: >> #1 Do you remember all those people diving off the World Trade Center to >> avoid burning to death in favor of a quick death when they hit the ground? >> #2 Do you want everyone responsible to face justice? I don't know about you >> but I want Bin Laden's head on a spit! >> >> Speakable and Unspeakable About The Copenhagen Climate Meeting >> Views on the Copenhagen Climate meeting, Energy Economics, the Nuclear >> revival and why Global Warming should be uniting us / not dividing as a new >> energy economy needs to be put into place- and fast! >> >> Obama's Peace Prize Has Lost its Luster | by Dave McGill >> As President Barack Obama picked up his peace prize today, many may wonder >> if it was awarded for his speeches rather than for his actions. >> >> Corpse of Cyprus president stolen from grave - The Associated Press >> >> NICOSIA, Cyprus ââ?¢â?° Grave robbers have dug up the coffin of former >> Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos and stolen his corpse, police said >> Friday. >> >> The hot money likes commodities these days >> Inflows of speculative investment money into gold, copper and oil continue >> unabated and the numbers are staggering. As of December 2 (the last date for >> which we have data), global investment inflows into commodities had run over >> $1 billion weekly for three weeks straight. >> >> The Economic Impact of Global Warming >> The costs of Global Warming are tremendous, estimates of course vary but >> most figures put out are in the trillions. In 2007, scientists at the >> Carnegie Institution measured, over the past 20 years, the annual yields of >> the world's six largest crops (which account for 55% of non-meat calories >> consumed by humans and 70% of total animal feed)ââ?¢â?°and found that >> increasingly warmer temperatures led to lower crop yields. >> >> Unlikely Support: GOP Loved Obama's Nobel Speech >> Republicans "like him saying America is a moral force in the world and has >> to fight wars to press its moral claim," MichaelKazin said. "But if you read >> his speech more closely, he's clearly....talking about injustice in the >> world and not just injustice by people who don't like the United States. >> Some people on the right believe their own rhetoric too much, that he's >> somehow un-American. That's never been true." Speech Video. >> >> New New Deal: House Passes Sweeping Financial Regulations >> ...legislation would create a mechanism to dissolve huge globally >> interconnected banks; provide first-ever regulation of exotic financial >> instruments called derivatives; rein in excessive speculative investment on >> Wall Street; require banks to set aside more capital in reserve; eliminate >> the much maligned Office of Thrift Supervision; and tighten supervision over >> credit-rating agencies who sold out investors. >> >> House Votes to Tighten Regulation of Financial System >> After three days of floor debate, the House voted 223 to 202 to approve the >> measure. It creates a new agency to oversee consumer lending, establishes >> new rules for transactions that contributed to the meltdown, and seeks to >> reduce the threat that one or two huge companies on the verge of collapse >> could bring down the economy. >> >> Gates Expects New Sanctions on Iran >> Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said on Friday that he expected the United >> States and its allies to impose more stringent sanctions against Iran, which >> has been increasingly defiant in recent weeks of the West's demands to limit >> its nuclear program. >> >> Nobel Peace Prize - Juan Cole >> Obama was clearly given the prize to encourage him in the direction of >> peace. It is the tragedy of the sole superpower that it is unconstrained by >> peers and so can launch wars of choice and shatter international law at >> will. So here are the things Obama can do to redeem his prize. >> >> Does Obama's Road to Re-Election Run Through Kabul? >> The irony is that if Obama cannot claim progress and begin drawing down in >> time, his Afghanistan gamble may backfire and cost him a second term in the >> White House. >> >> >> >> >> Copyright © OpEdNews 2009 >> >> >> >> >> >> >
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