“As a nation, we’re at a turning point. Universal health coverage has been proposed for nearly a century in the United States. It was in an early draft of Social Security. Yet each time, it has been defeated in part by fear-mongering industry lobbyists. That may happen this time as well — unless the Obama administration and Congress defeat these manipulative special interests. What’s un-American isn’t a greater government role in health care but an existing system in which Americans without insurance get health care, if at all, in livestock pens.” NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Health Care Fit for Animals By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 26, 2009. Opponents suggest that a “government takeover” of health care will be a milestone on the road to “socialized medicine,” and when he hears those terms, Wendell Potter cringes. He’s embarrassed that opponents are using a playbook that he helped devise. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/opinion/27kristof.html?th&emc=th
New York Times Editorial: World’s Best Health Care. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 25, 2009. Critics of President Obama’s push for health care reform have been whipping up fear that proposed changes will destroy our “world’s best” medical system and make it like supposedly inferior systems elsewhere. The emptiness of those claims became apparent recently when researchers from the Urban Institute released a report analyzing studies that have compared the clinical effectiveness and quality of care in the United States with the care dispensed in other advanced nations. They found a mixed bag, with the United States doing better in some areas, like cancer care, and worse in others, like preventing deaths from treatable and preventable conditions. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/opinion/26wed3.html?th&emc=th
New York Times Editorial: The Uninsured. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 22, 2009. So how many uninsured people are out there, facing those risks? The most frequently cited estimate, 45.7 million in 2007, comes from an annual census survey. That number was down slightly from the year before, but given the financial crisis, it is almost certainly rising again. Some or even many of those people may have only temporarily lost or given up coverage, but even that exposes them to medical and financial risk. And many millions go without insurance for extended periods. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/opinion/23sun1.html?th&emc=th
Dialysis treatment in USA: High costs, high death rates By Rita Rubin. Copyright by USA TODAY. August 24, 2009 http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-08-23-dialysis_N.htm
One aspect the current debate on health care has failed to address is: Infant mortality. By Carlos T Mock, MD, Life Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Copyright by Carlos T Mock, MD. August 27, 2009. Infant mortality is a true measure of health care well being of a nation, since it is not affected by accidents and homicides as life expectancy does. It is directly related to the ability of the country to provide good prenatal care. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/08/one-aspect-current-debate-on-health.html
Rep. Anthony Weiner Discusses Public Option Health Care Reform on Morning Joe - PT 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmlDZXCrWRE
Rep. Anthony Weiner Discusses Public Option Health Care Reform on Morning Joe - PT 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIF_dWwxAHE&feature=related
Proposed Health Care Bumper Stickers http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/08/proposed-health-care-bumper-stickers.html
International
‘N Korean arms for Iran’ seized by UAE - Interception comes at sensitive time By Simeon Kerr in Dubai and Harvey Morris in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 28 2009 18:22 | Last updated: August 28 2009 23:59 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1cc52dcc-93f6-11de-9c57-00144feabdc0.html
N Korea invites US envoy to nuclear talks By Christian Oliver in Seoul. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 25 2009 13:54 | Last updated: August 25 2009 13:54 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/73faaa38-915b-11de-879d-00144feabdc0.html
Officials of 2 Koreas Meet in the South By CHOE SANG-HUN. Copyright by Reuters. Published: August 22, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/world/asia/23korea.html?th&emc=th
German business confidence surges - Rise in Ifo index beats expectations By Ralph Atkins in Frankfurt. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 26 2009 10:13 | Last updated: August 26 2009 12:09 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/55658e7c-921d-11de-b63b-00144feabdc0.html
Greek Firefighters Struggle to Tame Blazes By ANTHEE CARASSAVA. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 24, 2009. ATHENS — Crews battling wildfires in Greece made progress overnight during a lull in high winds but were still struggling Monday afternoon to contain blazes that swept through the northern suburbs of Athens. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/world/europe/25greece.html?ref=global-home
U.S. Mulls Alternatives for Missile Shield By JUDY DEMPSEY and PETER BAKER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 28, 2009. BERLIN — The Obama administration has developed possible alternative plans for a missile defense shield that could drop hotly disputed sites in Poland and the Czech Republic, a move that would please Russia and Germany but sour relations with American allies in Eastern Europe. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/29/world/europe/29missile.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Japanese jobless rate hits record high By Mure Dickie and Robin Harding in Tokyo and Justine Lau in Hong Kong. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 28 2009 19:16 | Last updated: August 28 2009 19:16 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fef1e438-93fb-11de-9c57-00144feabdc0.html
Argentina court ruling would allow personal use of pot By Arthur Brice. Copyright by CNN News. August 26, 2009 http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/25/argentina.drug.decriminalization/index.html
China
China Racing Ahead of U.S. in the Drive to Go Solar By KEITH BRADSHER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 24, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/business/energy-environment/25solar.html?th&emc=th
Asia’s Recovery Highlights China’s Ascendance By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 23, 2009. PARIS — In past global slowdowns, the United States invariably led the way out, followed by Europe and the rest of the world. But for the first time, the catalyst is coming from China and the rest of Asia, where resurgent economies are helping the still-shaky West recover from the deepest recession since World War II. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/business/global/24global.html?ref=global-home
Asia hits back on climate change By Kathrin Hille in Beijing and Amy Kazmin in New Delhi. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 24 2009 16:38 | Last updated: August 24 2009 16:38. China and India have closed ranks on climate change, blaming developed countries for the lack of progress towards a deal. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3c14957e-90c1-11de-bc99-00144feabdc0.html
Apple to begin selling iPhones in China this year, giving it access to huge market By JEREMIAH MARQUEZ. Copyright 2009 Associated Press. 8:55 a.m. CDT, August 28, 2009. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-ap-as-china-iphone,0,7112571.story
Mess-o-potamia
New York Times Editorial: Shame On Iran. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 27, 2009. Longer than many people might have predicted, Iran’s political opposition is continuing to challenge the ruling hard-line mullahs. The street protests that shook the country after the bogus June 12 presidential election have faded, but the courage to speak out against the regime’s mounting abuses has not. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/28/opinion/28fri2.html?th&emc=th
Ahmadinejad Urges Prosecution of Political Rivals By MICHAEL SLACKMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 28, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/29/world/middleeast/29iran.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
Iran slows down uranium enrichment - Stall in centrifuge numbers at nuclear site © Reuters Limited. August 25, 2009 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0327a368-9167-11de-879d-00144feabdc0.html
U.S. Military Says Its Force in Afghanistan Is Insufficient By HELENE COOPER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 23, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/world/asia/24military.html?th&emc=th
US envoy confronts Karzai over Afghan poll By Tom Braithwaite in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 28 2009 00:17 | Last updated: August 28 2009 00:17. Richard Holbrooke, the US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, on Thursday met Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, and “made very clear” the US position on elections that are attracting increasing allegations of ballot stuffing. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5851b68c-935e-11de-b146-00144feabdc0.html
New Shiite Alliance Excludes Iraqi Prime Minister. Copyright By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: August 24, 2009. Filed at 1:07 p.m. ET. BAGHDAD (AP) -- Major Iranian-backed Shiite groups announced a new alliance Monday but excluded the Iraqi prime minister in a rare display of disunity among the country's majority Islamic sect. The move puts pressure on Nouri al-Maliki to strike a deal with Sunni parties if he hopes to keep his job after January's parliamentary elections. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/08/24/world/AP-ML-Iraq.html?ref=global-home
Sunnis and Shiites See an Omen for Reconciliation in Iraq By ROD NORDLAND. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 22, 2009. BAGHDAD — On Saturday, the holy month of Ramadan began on the same day in Iraq for both Sunnis and Shiites, the first time that has happened in 10 years. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/world/middleeast/23iraq.html?th&emc=th
Running to stand still? The peace test for Netanyahu By Philip Stephens. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 27 2009 22:36 | Last updated: August 27 2009 22:36. Benjamin Netanyahu has what kindly observers might describe as a credibility problem. Traveling in Europe this week, the Israeli prime minister said he was straining every sinew to restart peace talks with the Palestinians. His interlocutors were unconvinced. Mr. Netanyahu looks too much like a politician running in the cause of standing still. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/091a1512-934c-11de-b146-00144feabdc0,s01=1.html
National
Edward Kennedy, Senate Stalwart, Dies By JOHN M. BRODER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 26, 2009. Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, a son of one of the most storied families in American politics, a man who knew triumph and tragedy in near-equal measure and who will be remembered as one of the most effective lawmakers in the history of the Senate, died late Tuesday night. He was 77. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/us/politics/27kennedy.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
More Crises Needed? - The Only Way to Start Reform By Fareed Zakaria. Copyright by The Washington Post. Monday, August 17, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/16/AR2009081601757.html
Obama’s Team Is Lacking Most of Its Top Players By PETER BAKER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 23, 2009. WASHINGTON — As President Obama tries to turn around a summer of setbacks, he finds himself still without most of his own team. Seven months into his presidency, fewer than half of his top appointees are in place advancing his agenda. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/us/politics/24confirm.html?th&emc=th
It's 3 a.m. Do You Know Where Hillary Clinton Is? - She's not answering those crisis calls at the White House. But she's quietly revolutionizing American foreign policy. By David Rothkopf. Copyright by The Washington Post. Sunday, August 23, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/21/AR2009082101772.html
U.S. students behind in math, science, analysis says By Sally Holland. Copyright By CNN News. August 26, 2009. ARLINGTON, Virginia (CNN) -- American children aren't necessarily getting smarter or dumber, but that might not be good enough to compete globally, according to numbers cited Tuesday by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. The National Center for Education Statistics found U.S. students placed below average in math and science. http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/25/students.science.math/index.html
Kidnapped at 11, Woman Emerges After 18 Years By JESSE McKINLEY and CAROL POGASH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 27, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/28/us/28abduct.html?ref=global-home
Stanford’s finance chief pleads guilty - Sir Allen hospitalized before court hearing By Sheila McNulty in Houston and Stacy-Marie Ishmael in London. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 27 2009 16:25 | Last updated: August 27 2009 17:35 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/01ddaaf6-9307-11de-b146-00144feabdc0.html
Health Care
Washington Post Editorial: 'AIDS in the U.S.A. - How to give President Obama your advice on combating the epidemic here at home. Copyright by The Washington Post. Tuesday, August 25, 2009. WE CANNOT write often enough about the terrible toll that HIV/AIDS is exacting on the United States. More than 56,000 Americans become infected with HIV every year. In the District of Columbia, the epidemic rages on with more than 3 percent of the total population living with the disease that has no cure. The "generalized and severe epidemic" threshold is crossed when 1 percent of a local population is living with HIV/AIDS. And African Americans, just 12 percent of the population, account for 46 percent of those living with the disease. These are the statistics that motivate a White House push for a desperately needed national AIDS strategy. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/24/AR2009082402780.html
Officials Weigh Circumcision to Fight H.I.V. Risk By RONI CARYN RABIN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 23, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/health/policy/24circumcision.html?th&emc=th
Tax on pop could save lives, cut deficits BY LAURA WASHINGTON LauraSWashington@aol.com. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times
August 24, 2009 http://www.suntimes.com/news/washington/1730845,CST-EDT-Laura24.article
Calls to tax junk food gain ground. Copyright 2009, Los Angeles Times. August 24, 2009 | 10:31 am http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dailydish/2009/08/calls-to-tax-junk-food-gain-ground.html
GOP Bashing
Dogboy, Mr. Dan & The Tree Of Liberty http://www.markfiore.com/
Republicans, religion and the triumph of unreason - How do they train themselves to be so impervious to reality? By Johann Hari. Wednesday, 19 August 2009. Copyright by The Independent http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-republicans-religion-and-the-triumph-of-unreason-1773994.html
New York Times Editorial: Who Wants to Yell Next? Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 23, 2009. The cacophony at town hall meetings on health care has startled too many members of Congress into passivity and pandering. But not Representative Barney Frank, who did not shrink last week from a woman loudly demanding to know why he supported President Obama’s “Nazi policy.” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/opinion/24mon3.html?th&emc=th
C.I.A. Abuse Cases Detailed in Report on Detainees By MARK MAZZETTI and SCOTT SHANE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 24, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/us/politics/25detain.html?th&emc=th
New York Times Editorial: The Torture Papers. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 25, 2009. The Obama administration has taken important steps toward repairing the grievous harm that President George W. Bush did to this nation with his lawless and morally repugnant detention policies. President Obama is committed to closing the Guantánamo Bay camp and creating legitimate courts to try detainees. He has rescinded the executive orders and the legal rulings that Mr. Bush used to excuse the abuse of prisoners. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/opinion/26wed1.html?th&emc=th
Washington Post Editorial: 'Following the Torture Trail - As another report details abusive interrogations, the government faces tough choices on possible prosecutions. Copyright by The Washington Post. Tuesday, August 25, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/24/AR2009082402629.html
Rationalizing torture By Steve Chapman. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. August 27, 2009. Reagan undoubtedly knew what modern conservatives forget -- that once you rationalize torture, there is no logical place to stop. If threatening a prisoner with a power drill is permissible, why not drilling holes in him? If choking is OK, why not strangulation? If threatening to kill a detainee's children passes muster, why not actually killing them? If 30 wall slams don't do the job, why not 100? Many modern conservatives, unlike Reagan, are willing to incinerate every civilized principle to avert the possibility of harm -- and they think the public agrees. But if that's true, let's stop pretending America is the home of the brave. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped0827chapmanaug27,0,3632398.column
Torture on homefront cries out for justice BY CAROL MARIN. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. August 26, 2009. The feds can't -- just yet -- deport Michigan restaurateur Ibrahim Parlak to his native Turkey. But they are frighteningly closer. And the irony screams out. http://www.suntimes.com/news/marin/1734591,CST-EDT-carol26.article
A note on the Bush fiscal legacy By Paul Krugman. Copyright by The New York Times. August 27, 2009, 11:01 AM. There were two big-ticket Bush policies. One was the tax cuts, which cost around $1.8 trillion in revenue; add in interest costs, and we’re presumably talking about more than $2 trillion in debt. The other was the Iraq War, which has cost at least $700 billion, and will cost more before we finally extract ourselves. http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/a-note-on-the-bush-fiscal-legacy/
Chicagoland
Gov. Pat Quinn vetoes campaign-finance bill- Unusual ceremony to dump legislation takes on Alice-in-Wonderland feel By Rick Pearson and Monique Garcia. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. August 28, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-quinn-veto28aug28,0,7980554.story
Chicago inspector general quits to run for Senate - David Hoffman had been a thorn in the side of Mayor Daley BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter. Copyright by The Chicago Sun Times. August 27, 2009 http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/1735441,inspector-general-hoffman-quits-senate-082609.article
A meter culpa from the mayor - Will admit tonight deal handled poorly, but city needs money BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter. fspielman@suntimes.com Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. August 25, 2009 http://www.suntimes.com/news/cityhall/1733017,CST-NWS-daley25.article
Insert coins. Bang forehead. Repeat. By Rick Horowitz. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. August 27, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-oped0827daleyaug27,0,4589986.story
Old Chicago post office sold for $40 million By Mary Ellen Podmolik. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. 2:34 p.m. CDT, August 27, 2009. The old Chicago post office, at 433 W. Van Buren St., has sold at auction for $40 million. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-old-chicago-post-office-40-million-aug27,0,6687261.story?track=email-alert-breakingnews
Economy
Peter Schiff Was Right 2006 - 2007 (2nd Edition) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I0QN-Fykpw
Financial Times Editorial Comment: Ben Bernanke’s next four years. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 25 2009 19:30 | Last updated: August 25 2009 19:30 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/76eb4548-91a3-11de-879d-00144feabdc0.htm
Obama Seeks Stability at Fed by Keeping Bernanke By JEFF ZELENY and EDMUND L. ANDREWS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 25, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/business/economy/26fed.html?_r=1&hp
Central bankers content to keep rates low - Fears of excess inflation dismissed By Krishna Guha in Jackson Hole. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 23 2009 19:16 | Last updated: August 23 2009 19:16 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/02b91d76-900e-11de-bc59-00144feabdc0.html
U.S. Raises Estimate for 10-Year Deficit to $9 Trillion By EDMUND L. ANDREWS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 25, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/business/economy/26deficit.html?hp
Millions face smaller Social Security checks next year as rising drug costs diminish payments By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER. Copyright 2009 Associated Press. 9:46 a.m. CDT, August 24, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-ap-us-social-security-smaller-checks,0,5121555.story
Where Have You Gone, Bell Labs? - How basic research can repair the broken U.S. business model. Copyright by Business Week. September 7, 2009. Name an industry that can produce 1 million new, high-paying jobs over the next three years. You can't, because there isn't one. And that's the problem. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_36/b4145036681619.htm
GDP Declines 1 Percent in 2Q, Better Than Expected By Neil Irwin and Annys Shin. Copyright by The Washington Post. Thursday, August 27, 2009; 9:32 AM. The U.S. economy shrank by 1 percent in the April-through-June quarter, as was originally estimated, and the job market remained weak last week, with continued large numbers of people seeking unemployment insurance benefits. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/27/AR2009082700594.html?hpid=topnews
Data point to US growth resuming By Krishna Guha in Washington and Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 27 2009 20:15 | Last updated: August 27 2009 23:38 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b784b744-933b-11de-b146-00144feabdc0.html
Bank Insurance Fund Down 20 Percent in 2Q By Binyamin Appelbaum. Copyright by The Washington Post. Thursday, August 27, 2009; 12:27 PM. The banking industry lost a total of $3.7 billion in the second quarter as the government required surviving banks to pay the bill for the cleanup of failed institutions. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/27/AR2009082701522.html?hpid=topnews
A.I.G. Rises, and Many Ask Why By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 27, 2009. It may have been written off as a hopeless case less than a year ago, but the stock of the American International Group shot up to $50 on Thursday, capping a fourfold gain in the last two months. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/28/business/28aig.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Boeing Dreamliner to fly this year - Company to take $2.5bn charge By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 27 2009 15:33 | Last updated: August 27 2009 17:16 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1b9c822a-9314-11de-b146-00144feabdc0.html
Gallery owners feeling pinch of recession - Few owners have closed during the recession, but some are relocating, offering deals and re-evaluating their business By Mark Caro and Lauren Viera. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. August 23, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-0823-galleriesaug23,0,2765377.story
Housing
New US home sales rise by 9.6% - US durable goods orders surge in July By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009 Published: August 26 2009 14:19 | Last updated: August 26 2009 16:06 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dabd42f2-9238-11de-b63b-00144feabdc0.html
US home prices notch quarterly increase By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 25 2009 15:22 | Last updated: August 25 2009 15:42 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f9183dd6-916d-11de-879d-00144feabdc0.html
US suburbs become face of foreclosure - Good economic news remote in small towns By Hal Weitzman in Kendall County. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 24 2009 13:33 | Last updated: August 24 2009 17:03 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/623ed7c8-9053-11de-bc59-00144feabdc0.html
Commodities
Without Prospects, They're Prospectors - Metal's High Price, Economy's Low Ebb Create New Gold Rush By Karl Vick. Copyright by The Washington Post. Monday, August 24, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/23/AR2009082301806.html?hpid=topnews
GLBT
Will the Gay media suffer the extinction of the straight press? COPYRIGHT By Carlos T Mock. June 29th 2009. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/08/will-gay-media-suffer-extinction-of.html
More beatings, robberies occur in or near Boystown By Amy Wooten. Copyright by The Chicago Free Press. August 27, 2009. Several more beatings and robberies have occurred in the heavily gay neighborhoods of Lakeview and Lincoln Park, causing much concern among local GLBTs who work, live and visit the area. http://www.chicagofreepress.com/node/3835
Alderman Tom Tunney on attacks. Copyright by The Windy City Times. 2009-08-26. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/08/alderman-tom-tunney-on-attacks_29.html
Gay haven shows how far we have to go By Don Terry. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. August 27, 2009. PROVINCETOWN, Mass -- When I told my friend Jane, a lesbian, activist and teacher, that I planned to write about the vicarious sense of freedom I experience in this gay oasis by the sea, she warned me to make sure to note high up that I come here with my wife and that we are a straight, square couple from the American Heartland. http://www.suntimes.com/news/terry/1737170,CST-EDT-terry27.article
Stroger’s HIV vaccine meeting breaks down By Amy Wooten. Copyright by The Chicago Free Press. August 27, 2009. Tuesday’s community meeting organized by Cook County Board President Todd Stroger to rally support for his failed attempt to bring a therapeutic HIV vaccine trial to the Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center was a lesson in communications breakdown. http://www.chicagofreepress.com/node/3834
Technology
Time to Be Afraid of the Web? By EDUARDO PORTER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 27, 2009. Internet users used to comfort themselves by thinking that to become victims of the pirates of the Web, they had to frequent the online porn circuit or respond to an e-mail from the widowed wife of the former central bank governor of Nigeria. The idea was that one had to do something naughty to get caught in the wrongdoers’ net, or at least go for a late-night stroll in the rough end of town. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/28/opinion/28fri4.html?th&emc=th
Apple’s Sleek Upgrade By DAVID POGUE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 26, 2009. Apple’s release strategy is highly unorthodox: “Leopard, a k a Mac OS X 10.5, was already a great OS-virus-free, nag-free and not copy-protected. So instead of adding features for their own sake, let’s just make what we’ve got smaller, faster and more refined.” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/technology/personaltech/27pogue.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Parallels Starts Its Own Apple Switch Campaign By Ashlee Vance. Copyright by The New York Times. August 28, 2009, 4:41 pm. This week, Parallels released a software package it’s calling Parallels Desktop Switch to Mac Edition. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/28/parallels-starts-its-own-apple-switch-campaign/?th&emc=th
App developers wary of Apple’s influence - Regulators eye partnership model By Joseph Menn in San Francisco. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 28 2009 19:28 | Last updated: August 28 2009 19:28 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2ebc15b0-93f9-11de-9c57-00144feabdc0.html
Nokia pledges smartphone assault on Apple By Andrew Parker in London and Andrew Ward in Stockholm. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009 Published: August 23 2009 23:30 | Last updated: August 23 2009 23:30 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2b1204ea-9009-11de-bc59-00144feabdc0.html
TiVo extends legal action to AT&T and Verizon - Group claims operators infringe television patents By Richard Waters in San Francisco. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 27 2009 03:43 | Last updated: August 27 2009 03:43 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/024e6408-92a3-11de-b63b-00144feabdc0.html
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Airlines becoming a fee-for-all - Everything from shipping the family cat to using your miles has a price By Ellen Creager. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune August 25, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/chi-airline-fees-webaug25,0,6838887.story
Study Demonstrates How We Support Our False Beliefs Copyright by The University of Buffalo. August 28, 2009. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- In a study published in the most recent issue of the journal Sociological Inquiry, sociologists from four major research institutions focus on one of the most curious aspects of the 2004 presidential election: the strength and resilience of the belief among many Americans that Saddam Hussein was linked to the terrorist attacks of 9/11. http://www.buffalo.edu/research/article.html?id=103640009
Wikipedia to Limit Changes to Articles on People By NOAM COHEN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 24, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/technology/internet/25wikipedia.html?th&emc=th
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WEAKLY HUMERUS NEWS 08-29-09 AIMED AT YOUR FUNNY BONE—TOP QUOTES OF THE WEEK http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/08/weakly-humerus-news-08-29-09-aimed-at.html
Rules for Editing http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/08/rules-for-editing.html
Why Girls Stay Single... http://melodymaker.posterous.com/the-reason-some-girls-stay-single-very-funny
Old Barackee - Reach For The Beer That Lets Cooler Heads Prevail http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yra48ygHNqQ
New! Carlos now has an online store. Order your books directly from Carlos and have them signed and dedicated.http://www.carlostmock.com/catalog/
In Pride (orgullo),
Carlos T. Mock, MD
www.carlostmock.com
Author: Borrowing Time: A Latino Sexual Odyssey - Floricanto Press 2003.
Nominated for a Stonewall Award by the American Library Association GLBT
Round Table.
Author: The Mosaic Virus – Floricanto Press 2007. Nominated for a Stonewall Award by the American Library Association GLBT Round Table, and a Lammie from The Lambda Literary Foundation
Author: Author: Papi Chulo – Floricanto Press 2007. Nominated for a Stonewall Award by the American Library Association GLBT Round Table, and a Lammie from The Lambda Literary Foundation
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