I fractured my left wrist on December 24. I am going for surgery on January 8, 2010. Unfortunately I will not be doing newsletters until my cast comes off.
I wish you all the best in 2010 and I leave you with this personal commentary about Christmas.
Based on observations from the Hubble Space Telescope, there are at least 125 billion galaxies in the universe. It is estimated that at least ten percent of all sun-like stars have a system of planets, there are 6.25×1018 stars with planets orbiting them in the universe. If even a billionth of these stars have planets supporting life, there are some 6.25 billion life-supporting solar systems in the universe.
Would any of these planets celebrate Christmas? Was Christ made flesh only once? Was the Original Sin committed only once, and on this globe? What injustice! Both for the other worlds, deprived of the Incarnation; and for us because, in that case people of the worlds devoid of Original Sin would be perfect, like our progenitors before the Fall. They would enjoy a natural happiness without the weight of the Cross.
Or else, infinite Adams have infinitely committed the original sin, tempted by infinite Eves with infinite Forbidden Fruits and Christ has been obliged to become incarnate, preach, and suffer Calvary infinite times, and perhaps He is still doing so. If the worlds are infinite, his task will be infinite too. Infinite His task, then infinite the forms of his suffering. Therefore, to maintain his presence, He would have to enlarge Himself and be born on every planet with life forms on it.
There lies the mystery which certainly devout Christians refuse to acknowledge. If astronauts discover inhabitants on any other world would these creatures celebrate Christmas? If not, would it be cruel of the Lord God to deprive them of that knowledge?
If those inhabitants of the other worlds unknown to us, which could be an infinite number of worlds, know of the existence of God, how would they resolve the fact that there are other worlds?
In our contempt: we forget that to a flea, the dog is his universe, just like we humans are so small compared to our universe. So following this analogy, wouldn’t if follow that if our God made the universe infinite to us humans; could it not also follow that He made it infinite in both time as well as in space? E=mc2.
Would that make the universe eternal? If this is true, then there is no need of creation and it will be unnecessary to conceive the idea of God. If God is infinite, we can’t curtail His power, He would never cease to operate, and therefore, with a Universe that is infinite there would be no need for creation.
In which case, would there be Christmas anywhere?
Carlos T Mock, MD
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Pass the Bill Newsletter - December 19, 2009
Pass the Bill Newsletter - December 19, 2009
“But let’s all take a deep breath, and consider just how much good this bill would do, if passed — and how much better it would be than anything that seemed possible just a few years ago. With all its flaws, the Senate health bill would be the biggest expansion of the social safety net since Medicare, greatly improving the lives of millions. Getting this bill would be much, much better than watching health care reform fail.” PAUL KRUGMAN
Pass the Bill By PAUL KRUGMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 17, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/opinion/18krugman.html?th&emc=th
Democrats Clinch a Deal on Health Bill By ROBERT PEAR, DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and CARL HULSE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 19, 2009. WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats said on Saturday that they had clinched an agreement on a far-reaching overhaul of the nation’s health care system, and that they were on track to approve the legislation by Christmas over fierce Republican opposition. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/20/health/policy/20health.html?hp
December 15, 2009: For He's a Jowly Good Fellow http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/258564/december-15-2009/for-he-s-a-jowly-good-fellow
International
Nearing Arms Pact, U.S. and Russia Look Ahead By PETER BAKER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 17, 2009. WASHINGTON — Eight months, three presidential meetings, countless Geneva negotiating sessions and one missed deadline later, the United States and Russia appear close to agreement on a new arms control treaty that will reduce their strategic nuclear arsenals by at least one quarter. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/world/18arms.html?ref=global-home
In Shift, U.S. Talks to Russia on Internet Security By JOHN MARKOFF and ANDREW E. KRAMER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 12, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/science/13cyber.html?th&emc=th
Attacker Fractures Berlusconi’s Nose By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO and RACHEL DONADIO. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 13, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/14/world/europe/14italy.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Abu Dhabi Gives Dubai $10 Billion for Use on Debt By LANDON THOMAS Jr. and BETTINA WASSENER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 14, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/business/global/15dubai.html?hpw
China
Financial Times Editorial Comment: China’s strong and brittle state. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 14 2009 19:42 | Last updated: December 14 2009 19:42. This year, we have grown accustomed to thinking about China’s strengths. We have been awed by its mountainous foreign exchange reserves and by its ability to power ahead in a global downturn. We have seen its ever-more sophisticated military and naval hardware on display. And we have witnessed its growing confidence on the world stage, to wit, its shrill lectures on the dangers of the US deficit and a weakening dollar. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/financial-times-editorial-comment.html
China’s Rapid Reactor Expansion Raises Concerns By KEITH BRADSHER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 15, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/business/global/16chinanuke.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
Mess-o-potamia
New York Times Editorial: A Test for President Karzai. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 15, 2009. President Hamid Karzai’s inaugural speech last month resonated with high-minded purpose. He vowed to end the “culture of impunity” and “bring to justice” those who threaten Afghanistan’s future with predatory ways. Ministers in his government, he insisted, “must possess integrity and be professionals serving the nation.” Whom Mr. Karzai chooses for his new cabinet will be the first indicator, after his fraud-marred election, of whether he is truly determined to rein in epidemic levels of corruption and incompetence. His speech on Tuesday to an anti-corruption conference in Kabul suggested, ominously, that he still does not get it. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/opinion/16wed3.html?ref=global
New Afghan Cabinet List Draws Ire From Legislators. Copyright By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: December 19, 2009. Filed at 11:03 a.m. ET. KABUL (AP) -- Afghan legislators complained Saturday that several members of President Hamid Karzai's proposed Cabinet are inexperienced and beholden to warlords -- opposition that threatens to slow the reform Washington believes essential to beating the Taliban. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/12/19/world/AP-AS-Afghanistan.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
U. N. Officials Say American Offered Plan to Replace Karzai By JAMES GLANZ and RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 16, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/world/asia/17galbraith.html?ref=global-home
Suicide Bomb Blast Near Hotel in Kabul. Copyright By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: December 15, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/12/15/world/AP-AS-Afghanistan.html?th&emc=th
Pakistan Strikes Down Amnesty for Politicians By JANE PERLEZ. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 16, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/world/asia/17pstan.html?hpw
Pakistan Reported to Be Harassing U.S. Diplomats By JANE PERLEZ and ERIC SCHMITT. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 16, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/world/asia/17visa.html?hpw
Iran Test-Fires Its Most Advanced Missile By MICHAEL SLACKMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 16, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/world/middleeast/17iran.html?ref=global-home
Credit Suisse to Settle Over U.S. Sanctions on Iran By CLAUDIO GATTI. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 15, 2009. Credit Suisse, the second-largest Swiss bank after UBS, is expected to pay a fine of $536 million to settle charges with the federal government and state authorities in New York that it violated sanctions against doing business with Iran and other countries, the bank said in a statement on Tuesday. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/business/16bank.html?ref=global-home
New York Times Editorial: Iraq, the Kurds and the Americans. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 17, 2009. Four months ago, with little fanfare, the State Department sent a full-time senior diplomat, Alan Misenheimer, to live in Iraq’s disputed oil-rich city Kirkuk. For the Obama administration, which had been hoping to back out of its day-to-day involvement in Iraq’s fractious politics, it was a smart, if belated, call. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/opinion/18fri1.html?th&emc=th
Weighing Netanyahu as Peace Maker By ETHAN BRONNER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 15, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/world/middleeast/16mideast.html?ref=global-home
National
Obama presses bank chiefs to lend more - White House to push for greater regulation, curbs on executive pay By Binyamin Appelbaum. Copyright by The Washington Post. Monday, December 14, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/13/AR2009121302760.html?wpisrc=nl_pmpolitics
New York Times Editorial: Guantánamo Must Be Closed. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 17, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/opinion/18fri2.html?th&emc=th
Senate passes defense spending bill, turns attention to health care By Paul Kane and Ben Pershing. Copyright by The Washington Post. Saturday, December 19, 2009; 11:20 AM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/19/AR2009121900796.html?hpid=topnews
Democrats Stepping Down (and Republicans, Too) By CARL HULSE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 19, 2009. Representative Bart Gordon, a 13-term Tennessee Democrat who is chairman of the House science committee, has never lost any of the 15 counties in his conservative district, let alone been in recent danger of losing his House seat. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/20/us/politics/20cong.html?hp
Morgan Stanley’s Mack gives up on bonus - Move reflects backlash over compensation By Francesco Guerrera and Justin Baer in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 18 2009 19:03 | Last updated: December 18 2009 21:07 http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/morgan-stanleys-mack-gives-up-on-bonus.html
Climate change
Grudging Accord in Climate Talks By ANDREW C. REVKIN and JOHN M. BRODER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 19, 2009. COPENHAGEN — After two weeks of delays, grandstanding and frantic dealmaking, the United Nations climate change talks concluded here early Saturday morning with a grudging agreement by the participants to “take note” of a pact shaped by five major nations. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/20/science/earth/20accord.html?ref=global-home
U.S. unveils plan to rev up clean technology in poor nations - Nations pledge funds to make renewable energy more accessible By Juliet Eilperin. Copyright by The Washington Post. Monday, December 14, 2009; 11:03 AM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/14/AR2009121400844.html?wpisrc=newsletter
Local Governments Can Lead Fight Against Climate Change by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Copyright by the Huffington Post. Posted: December 15, 2009 09:42 AM http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gov-arnold-schwarzenegger/local-governments-can-lea_b_392442.html
Health Care
Building a Baby, With Few Ground Rules By STEPHANIE SAUL. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 12, 2009. Unable to have a baby of her own, Amy Kehoe became her own general contractor to manufacture one. For Ms. Kehoe and her husband, Scott, the idea seemed like their best hope after years of infertility. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/us/13surrogacy.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
Washington Post Editorial: HIV/AIDS: The incurable epidemic - Two studies show how difficult it is to eradicate HIV/AIDS. Copyright by The Washington Post . Wednesday, December 16, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/15/AR2009121504873.html
Overuse of CT scans will lead to new cancer deaths, a study shows - Each year that today's scanners are used, 14,500 deaths could result, researchers say. When healthy people are exposed to the radiation, the imaging may create more problems than it solves. By Thomas H. Maugh II. Copyright © 2009, The Los Angeles Times. December 15, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/la-sci-ct-scans15-2009dec15,0,5726817.story
Menopause, as Brought to You by Big Pharma By NATASHA SINGER and DUFF WILSON. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 12, 2009. MILLIONS of American women in the 1990s were told they could help their bodies ward off major illness by taking menopausal hormone drugs. Some medical associations said so. Many gynecologists and physicians said so. Respected medical journals said so, too. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/business/13drug.html?hpw
GOP Bashing
Disaster and Denial By PAUL KRUGMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 13, 2009. When I first began writing for The Times, I was naïve about many things. But my biggest misconception was this: I actually believed that influential people could be moved by evidence, that they would change their views if events completely refuted their beliefs. And to be fair, it does happen now and then. I’ve been highly critical of Alan Greenspan over the years (since long before it was fashionable), but give the former Fed chairman credit: he has admitted that he was wrong about the ability of financial markets to police themselves. But he’s a rare case. Just how rare was demonstrated by what happened last Friday in the House of Representatives, when — with the meltdown caused by a runaway financial system still fresh in our minds, and the mass unemployment that meltdown caused still very much in evidence — every single Republican and 27 Democrats voted against a quite modest effort to rein in Wall Street excesses. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/14/opinion/14krugman.html?th&emc=th
In Senate Health Showdown, Round Goes to G.O.P. By ROBERT PEAR. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 16, 2009. WASHINGTON — On the 17th day of Senate debate on health legislation, it came down to this: A rock-ribbed conservative physician from Oklahoma squared off against a self-described democratic socialist from Vermont who was hoping for a full-throated debate on his proposal to establish a system of “Medicare for all.” The Oklahoman, Senator Tom Coburn, a Republican, had propounded a unanimous-consent request, stipulating that no amendment could be offered unless it had been publicly available for 72 hours, with an estimate of its costs. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/health/policy/17health.html?hpw
The Republicans' war within- In California, repercussions of one vote by legislator illustrate fractured state party By Michael Leahy. Copyright by The Washington Post. Monday, December 14, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/13/AR2009121303042.html?wpisrc=newsletter
Chicagoland
U.S. Said to Pick Illinois Prison to House Detainees By CHARLIE SAVAGE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 14, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/us/15gitmo.html?th&emc=th
Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: Quinn right to back Thomson. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. December 16, 2009. There aren't many politicians who would push for transferring suspected terrorists to their state on the eve of a primary election. But Gov. Quinn, to his credit, did just that, showing strong leadership by backing the federal government's proposal to turn the Thomson Correctional Center into a new home for Guantanamo Bay detainees. http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1941757,CST-EDT-edit16b.article
Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: State needs to put stop to revolving prison door. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. December 15, 2009. Sometimes, it's tempting to think the biggest bunch of repeat offenders in the state can be found right in our own Capitol. Year after year, various governors and legislators have approved policies that add to our prison populations. And year after year, they ignore the ultimate cost. http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1939231,CST-EDT-edit15a.article
Supreme Court delays medical malpractice damage cap ruling By Bruce Japsen Tribune staff reporter. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. 9:45 a.m. CST, December 17, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-medical-malpractice-caps-supreme-court-dec17,0,513112.story
Democrat Alexi Giannoulias and Republican Mark Kirk have big leads in Senate primary, poll says - But 35 percent of Democrats, 46 percent of Republicans are undecided in race to replace Sen. Roland Burris By Rick Pearson. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. December 14, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/elections/chi-poll-senate-14-dec14,0,5398298.story
Silence is the golden rule in city politics BY CAROL MARIN. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. December 19, 2009. Who hired Angelo Torres? Shame on me, I haven't asked in a while. But a headline last week ("City Silence on Misconduct Riles Daley") made me smack my forehead with "I should have had a V8!" clarity. I suddenly remembered what is too important to forget. That for five years, n-o-b-o-d-y at City Hall has ever answered that question. http://www.suntimes.com/news/marin/1948231,CST-EDT-carol20.article
Judge rules Chicago can acquire Bensenville cemetery for new O'Hare runway - Decision is last of major hurdles for airport expansion By Art Barnum. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. December 19, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ohare-cemetery-19-dec19,0,2236282.story
Chicago Tribune Editorial: Chicago. Wal-Mart. It's time. Copyright by The Chicago Tribune. December 18, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/chi-1218edit1dec18,0,5534026.story
Economy
House Considers Reinstating Glass-Steagall - Looking for ways to pressure banks to lend more, Democrats may revisit the 1999 law that allowed Citigroup and others to combine consumer and investment banking By James Rowley and Christine Harper. Copyright by Bloomberg News. December 15, 2009 http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/dec2009/pi20091215_324681.htm
Senate Panel Backs Bernanke for a Second Term at Fed By BRIAN KNOWLTON and JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 17, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/business/economy/18fed.html?hpw
US consumer prices rise in November - New home construction jumps 8.9% By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 16 2009 14:20 | Last updated: December 16 2009 14:20. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/us-consumer-prices-rise-in-november-new.html
Producer Prices Jump, Factory Reports Mixed. Copyright By REUTERS. Published: December 15, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/12/15/business/business-us-usa-economy.html?scp=1&sq=US%20producer%20prices%20jump%201.8%&st=cse
US jobless claims show unexpected rise - Labour market remains under pressure By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 17 2009 14:23 | Last updated: December 17 2009 14:23 http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/us-jobless-claims-show-unexpected-rise.html
Citigroup Reaches Deal to Repay U.S. Bailout Funds By ERIC DASH and JEFF ZELENY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 14, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/business/economy/15bank.html?ref=global-home
U.S. Said to Reconsider Quick Sale of Citigroup Stake By ERIC DASH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 16, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/business/global/17citi.html?hp
New York Times Editorial: Even Bigger Than Too Big to Fail. Copyright by New York Times. Published: December 14, 2009. Asserting that it “is among the strongest banks in the industry,” Citigroup announced on Monday that it would soon repay $20 billion of federal bailout money. This from a bank that has been in the red for most of the past two years, that is expected to limp through 2010 amid a torrent of loan losses, that saw its stock price close after the announcement at a measly $3.70 a share — and that, like other big banks, is still reluctant to lend. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/opinion/15tue1.html?th&emc=th
Exxon’s Natural Gas Holdings Grow With $31 Billion Deal By JAD MOUAWAD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 14, 2009. In the biggest energy deal in years, Exxon Mobil said on Monday that it had agreed to buy XTO Energy, a domestic producer of natural gas, in an all-stock deal valued at $31 billion to increase its holdings in unconventional resources in the United States. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/business/energy-environment/15exxon.html?ref=global-home
4 Big Mortgage Backers Swim in Ocean of Debt By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 16, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/business/17wards.html?adxnnl=1&hpw=&adxnnlx=1261073054-N0RASHJtEAk6d0iajvR+bQ
G.M. Plans to Close Saab After Sales Talks Collapse By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ. Copyright by Reuters. Published: December 18, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/19/business/global/19saab.html?ref=global-home
Your Money
Dec. 31 Is a Big Day for Online Charity By STEPHANIE STROM. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 17, 2009. For charities that solicit donations online, Dec. 31 is more than New Year’s Eve — it is the most lucrative day of the year. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/us/18charity.html?scp=1&sq=Dec.%2031%20Is%20a%20Big%20Day%20for%20Online%20Charity%20&st=cse
Charities Criticize Online Fund-Raising Contest by Chase By STEPHANIE STROM. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 18, 2009. JPMorgan Chase & Company is coming under fire for the way it conducted an online contest to award millions of dollars to 100 charities. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/19/us/19charity.html?th&emc=th
Nice Gift, but Ask if You Can Return It By TARA SIEGEL BERNARD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 18, 2009. So you think you’ve picked out the perfect gift for your loved one. But there’s one more thing you should consider: how hard will it be to return it? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/19/your-money/household-budgeting/19returns.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Estate Tax Is Expiring, but Death Won’t Last By CARL HULSE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 17, 2009. WASHINGTON — A Congressional tax standoff has opened a window of opportunity for wealthy Americans determined to avoid paying up post-mortem. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/us/politics/18cong.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Housing
Interest Rates Are Low, but Banks Balk at Refinancing By DAVID STREITFELD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 12, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/business/economy/13rates.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Commodities
Gold: On the flip side. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 15 2009 20:43. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/gold-on-flip-side.html
December 15, 2009: Prescott Financial Sells Gold, Women & Sheep http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/258566/december-15-2009/prescott-financial-sells-gold--women---sheep
Immigration
House Democrats push new comprehensive immigration bill By Ben Pershing. Copyright by The Washington Post. December 15, 2009 http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2009/12/democrats_push_new_immigration.html?hpid=topnews
Immigration bill fails to mention gays. Copyright by The Windy City Times. News update Wed., Dec. 16, 2009. The measure takes major strides toward repairing America's broken immigration system. However, it does not include workers or same-sex couples. http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=23864
GLBT
D.C. Council Approves Gay Marriage By IAN URBINA. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 15, 2009. WASHINGTON — The City Council passed a measure Tuesday legalizing same-sex marriage, making the nation’s capital the first jurisdiction below the Mason-Dixon Line to allow such unions. The bill, which passed by an 11-to-2 vote, may still face obstacles in Congress, among city voters and in the courts, but most advocates say they expect it to become law by the spring. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty has said he will sign it. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/us/16marriage.html?_r=1&hp
Houston Is Largest City to Elect Openly Gay Mayor By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: December 12, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/us/politics/13houston.html?th&emc=th
Faith, folly and Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill By Michael Gerson. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, December 18, 2009. It is sad when someone you care about threatens to do a foolish and destructive thing. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/17/AR2009121703673.html
California Companies Fight Same-Sex Marriage Nationwide By JESSE McKINLEY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 12, 2009. SAN FRANCISCO — As the political battle over same-sex marriage plays out in state capitals across the country, several California companies have emerged as the go-to players for opponents of the marriages. One of the companies, Mar/Com Services Inc., lists its business address here in San Francisco, a city well known for its large and politically active gay population. When Maine residents opposed to a new law permitting same-sex marriage decided earlier this year to challenge it, they hired Mar/Com to do the production work for the television and radio advertisements. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/us/13marriage.html?hpw
City council adopts Mercado resolution. Copyright by The Windy City Times. 2009-12-16. The Chicago City Council adopted a resolution Dec. 2 regarding Puerto Rico teen Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado, who was found murdered Nov. 14 in the commonwealth. Mercado, who was gay, was found decapitated, partially burned and dismembered on an isolated street. http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=23836
POLITICS: Guide to the Gays. Copyright by The Windy City Times. 2009-12-16 http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=23847
Linda Pauel: Hoping to hold court - Extended for the Online Edition of Windy City Times by Blair Mishleau. Copyright by The Windy City Times. 2009-12-16 http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=23826
Religion
How to Fight the Religious Right - A guide to defending yourself against Fundamentalist Christians By Brian Elroy McKinley. Copyright © 1995-2008 Brian Elroy McKinle http://www.elroy.net/ehr/fighttheright.html y
New York Times Editorial: A Bishop’s Words. Copyright by New York Times. Published: December 6, 2009. In the end it was not the power of repentance or compassion that compelled the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport, Conn., to release more than 12,000 pages of documents relating to lawsuits alleging decades of sexual abuse of children by its priests. It was a court order. The diocese had spent seven years fighting a lawsuit brought by The New York Times and three other newspapers to unseal the records in 23 lawsuits involving accusations against seven priests. The diocese, which settled those cases in 2002, was ready to battle all the way to the United States Supreme Court to keep the archive secret. It lost in October, when the justices declined to hear its appeal. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/opinion/07mon2.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Technology
Will Web anonymity end as Facebook monetizes its gigantic customer profile database to become an "identity medium?" By Douglas MacMillan. Copyright by Business Week. December 14, 2009 http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2009/tc20091214_734087.htm
F.T.C. Accuses Intel of Trying to Stifle Competition By STEVE LOHR. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 16, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/technology/companies/17chip.html?ref=global-home
With a New Phone, Google May Challenge Apple By MIGUEL HELFT. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 13, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/14/technology/companies/14gphone.html?th&emc=th
Google Phone May Rankle Android Partners - Marketing its own mobile phone might turn Google into a rival to many companies it now counts as allies in building the Android operating system By Olga Kharif. Copyright by Business Week. December 15, 2009 http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2009/tc20091215_283413.htm
Google Loses in French Copyright Case. Copyright By REUTERS. Published: December 18, 2009. PARIS (Reuters) — A Paris court on Friday found the Internet giant Google guilty of violating copyright by digitizing books and putting extracts online, following a legal challenge by French publishers. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/19/technology/companies/19google.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
Google Is in Talks to Buy Yelp By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 18, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/19/technology/companies/19yelp.html?hpw
Forecast for 2010: The Coming Cloud 'Catastrophe' Mark Anderson predicts a big remote-computing service disaster, lost momentum for Microsoft, and growth in consumer payments for online news content By Arik Hesseldahl. Copyright by Business Week. December 11, 2009 http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2009/tc20091211_347388.htm
Europe Drops Microsoft Antitrust Case Over Browsers By KEVIN J. O'BRIEN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 16, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/business/global/17msft.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
Travel
British Airways Crews Vote to Strike By NICOLA CLARK. Copyright by Reuters. Published: December 14, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/business/global/15air.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
Court Halts Strike at British Airways By JULIA WERDIGIER. Copyright by Reuters. Published: December 17, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/business/global/18air.html?ref=global-home
A Takeoff, and Hope, for Boeing Dreamliner By WILLIAM YARDLEY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 15, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/us/16flight.html?ref=global-home
Other
Poll Reveals Trauma of Joblessness in U.S. By MICHAEL LUO and MEGAN THEE-BRENAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 14, 2009. More than half of the nation’s unemployed workers have borrowed money from friends or relatives since losing their jobs. An equal number have cut back on doctor visits or medical treatments because they are out of work. Almost half have suffered from depression or anxiety. About 4 in 10 parents have noticed behavioral changes in their children that they attribute to their difficulties in finding work. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/us/15poll.html?th&emc=th
Entertainment
Man in the News: James Cameron By Matthew Garrahan. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 18 2009 20:15 | Last updated: December 18 2009 20:15. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/man-in-news-james-cameron.html
‘Up in the Air’ Nabs Some Golden Globe Love By BROOKS BARNES. Copyright by The New York Times. December 15, 2009, 8:58 AM http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/up-in-the-air-nabs-some-golden-globe-love/?ref=global-home
Comcast Introduces a Streaming TV Service By BRIAN STELTER. Published: December 16, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/business/media/16comcast.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Second City Looks Back in Laughter By LARRY ROHTER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 15, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/arts/16second.html?th&emc=th
Humor
Canadian Ice Fishing Crazy Canucks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x768VAsOQSw
Billy Dee Williams Tiger Woods Collectible Plates http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgiCX_y1BW8
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“But let’s all take a deep breath, and consider just how much good this bill would do, if passed — and how much better it would be than anything that seemed possible just a few years ago. With all its flaws, the Senate health bill would be the biggest expansion of the social safety net since Medicare, greatly improving the lives of millions. Getting this bill would be much, much better than watching health care reform fail.” PAUL KRUGMAN
Pass the Bill By PAUL KRUGMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 17, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/opinion/18krugman.html?th&emc=th
Democrats Clinch a Deal on Health Bill By ROBERT PEAR, DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and CARL HULSE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 19, 2009. WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats said on Saturday that they had clinched an agreement on a far-reaching overhaul of the nation’s health care system, and that they were on track to approve the legislation by Christmas over fierce Republican opposition. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/20/health/policy/20health.html?hp
December 15, 2009: For He's a Jowly Good Fellow http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/258564/december-15-2009/for-he-s-a-jowly-good-fellow
International
Nearing Arms Pact, U.S. and Russia Look Ahead By PETER BAKER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 17, 2009. WASHINGTON — Eight months, three presidential meetings, countless Geneva negotiating sessions and one missed deadline later, the United States and Russia appear close to agreement on a new arms control treaty that will reduce their strategic nuclear arsenals by at least one quarter. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/world/18arms.html?ref=global-home
In Shift, U.S. Talks to Russia on Internet Security By JOHN MARKOFF and ANDREW E. KRAMER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 12, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/science/13cyber.html?th&emc=th
Attacker Fractures Berlusconi’s Nose By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO and RACHEL DONADIO. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 13, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/14/world/europe/14italy.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Abu Dhabi Gives Dubai $10 Billion for Use on Debt By LANDON THOMAS Jr. and BETTINA WASSENER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 14, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/business/global/15dubai.html?hpw
China
Financial Times Editorial Comment: China’s strong and brittle state. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 14 2009 19:42 | Last updated: December 14 2009 19:42. This year, we have grown accustomed to thinking about China’s strengths. We have been awed by its mountainous foreign exchange reserves and by its ability to power ahead in a global downturn. We have seen its ever-more sophisticated military and naval hardware on display. And we have witnessed its growing confidence on the world stage, to wit, its shrill lectures on the dangers of the US deficit and a weakening dollar. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/financial-times-editorial-comment.html
China’s Rapid Reactor Expansion Raises Concerns By KEITH BRADSHER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 15, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/business/global/16chinanuke.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
Mess-o-potamia
New York Times Editorial: A Test for President Karzai. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 15, 2009. President Hamid Karzai’s inaugural speech last month resonated with high-minded purpose. He vowed to end the “culture of impunity” and “bring to justice” those who threaten Afghanistan’s future with predatory ways. Ministers in his government, he insisted, “must possess integrity and be professionals serving the nation.” Whom Mr. Karzai chooses for his new cabinet will be the first indicator, after his fraud-marred election, of whether he is truly determined to rein in epidemic levels of corruption and incompetence. His speech on Tuesday to an anti-corruption conference in Kabul suggested, ominously, that he still does not get it. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/opinion/16wed3.html?ref=global
New Afghan Cabinet List Draws Ire From Legislators. Copyright By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: December 19, 2009. Filed at 11:03 a.m. ET. KABUL (AP) -- Afghan legislators complained Saturday that several members of President Hamid Karzai's proposed Cabinet are inexperienced and beholden to warlords -- opposition that threatens to slow the reform Washington believes essential to beating the Taliban. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/12/19/world/AP-AS-Afghanistan.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
U. N. Officials Say American Offered Plan to Replace Karzai By JAMES GLANZ and RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 16, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/world/asia/17galbraith.html?ref=global-home
Suicide Bomb Blast Near Hotel in Kabul. Copyright By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: December 15, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/12/15/world/AP-AS-Afghanistan.html?th&emc=th
Pakistan Strikes Down Amnesty for Politicians By JANE PERLEZ. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 16, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/world/asia/17pstan.html?hpw
Pakistan Reported to Be Harassing U.S. Diplomats By JANE PERLEZ and ERIC SCHMITT. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 16, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/world/asia/17visa.html?hpw
Iran Test-Fires Its Most Advanced Missile By MICHAEL SLACKMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 16, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/world/middleeast/17iran.html?ref=global-home
Credit Suisse to Settle Over U.S. Sanctions on Iran By CLAUDIO GATTI. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 15, 2009. Credit Suisse, the second-largest Swiss bank after UBS, is expected to pay a fine of $536 million to settle charges with the federal government and state authorities in New York that it violated sanctions against doing business with Iran and other countries, the bank said in a statement on Tuesday. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/business/16bank.html?ref=global-home
New York Times Editorial: Iraq, the Kurds and the Americans. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 17, 2009. Four months ago, with little fanfare, the State Department sent a full-time senior diplomat, Alan Misenheimer, to live in Iraq’s disputed oil-rich city Kirkuk. For the Obama administration, which had been hoping to back out of its day-to-day involvement in Iraq’s fractious politics, it was a smart, if belated, call. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/opinion/18fri1.html?th&emc=th
Weighing Netanyahu as Peace Maker By ETHAN BRONNER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 15, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/world/middleeast/16mideast.html?ref=global-home
National
Obama presses bank chiefs to lend more - White House to push for greater regulation, curbs on executive pay By Binyamin Appelbaum. Copyright by The Washington Post. Monday, December 14, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/13/AR2009121302760.html?wpisrc=nl_pmpolitics
New York Times Editorial: Guantánamo Must Be Closed. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 17, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/opinion/18fri2.html?th&emc=th
Senate passes defense spending bill, turns attention to health care By Paul Kane and Ben Pershing. Copyright by The Washington Post. Saturday, December 19, 2009; 11:20 AM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/19/AR2009121900796.html?hpid=topnews
Democrats Stepping Down (and Republicans, Too) By CARL HULSE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 19, 2009. Representative Bart Gordon, a 13-term Tennessee Democrat who is chairman of the House science committee, has never lost any of the 15 counties in his conservative district, let alone been in recent danger of losing his House seat. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/20/us/politics/20cong.html?hp
Morgan Stanley’s Mack gives up on bonus - Move reflects backlash over compensation By Francesco Guerrera and Justin Baer in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 18 2009 19:03 | Last updated: December 18 2009 21:07 http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/morgan-stanleys-mack-gives-up-on-bonus.html
Climate change
Grudging Accord in Climate Talks By ANDREW C. REVKIN and JOHN M. BRODER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 19, 2009. COPENHAGEN — After two weeks of delays, grandstanding and frantic dealmaking, the United Nations climate change talks concluded here early Saturday morning with a grudging agreement by the participants to “take note” of a pact shaped by five major nations. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/20/science/earth/20accord.html?ref=global-home
U.S. unveils plan to rev up clean technology in poor nations - Nations pledge funds to make renewable energy more accessible By Juliet Eilperin. Copyright by The Washington Post. Monday, December 14, 2009; 11:03 AM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/14/AR2009121400844.html?wpisrc=newsletter
Local Governments Can Lead Fight Against Climate Change by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Copyright by the Huffington Post. Posted: December 15, 2009 09:42 AM http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gov-arnold-schwarzenegger/local-governments-can-lea_b_392442.html
Health Care
Building a Baby, With Few Ground Rules By STEPHANIE SAUL. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 12, 2009. Unable to have a baby of her own, Amy Kehoe became her own general contractor to manufacture one. For Ms. Kehoe and her husband, Scott, the idea seemed like their best hope after years of infertility. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/us/13surrogacy.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
Washington Post Editorial: HIV/AIDS: The incurable epidemic - Two studies show how difficult it is to eradicate HIV/AIDS. Copyright by The Washington Post . Wednesday, December 16, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/15/AR2009121504873.html
Overuse of CT scans will lead to new cancer deaths, a study shows - Each year that today's scanners are used, 14,500 deaths could result, researchers say. When healthy people are exposed to the radiation, the imaging may create more problems than it solves. By Thomas H. Maugh II. Copyright © 2009, The Los Angeles Times. December 15, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/la-sci-ct-scans15-2009dec15,0,5726817.story
Menopause, as Brought to You by Big Pharma By NATASHA SINGER and DUFF WILSON. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 12, 2009. MILLIONS of American women in the 1990s were told they could help their bodies ward off major illness by taking menopausal hormone drugs. Some medical associations said so. Many gynecologists and physicians said so. Respected medical journals said so, too. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/business/13drug.html?hpw
GOP Bashing
Disaster and Denial By PAUL KRUGMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 13, 2009. When I first began writing for The Times, I was naïve about many things. But my biggest misconception was this: I actually believed that influential people could be moved by evidence, that they would change their views if events completely refuted their beliefs. And to be fair, it does happen now and then. I’ve been highly critical of Alan Greenspan over the years (since long before it was fashionable), but give the former Fed chairman credit: he has admitted that he was wrong about the ability of financial markets to police themselves. But he’s a rare case. Just how rare was demonstrated by what happened last Friday in the House of Representatives, when — with the meltdown caused by a runaway financial system still fresh in our minds, and the mass unemployment that meltdown caused still very much in evidence — every single Republican and 27 Democrats voted against a quite modest effort to rein in Wall Street excesses. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/14/opinion/14krugman.html?th&emc=th
In Senate Health Showdown, Round Goes to G.O.P. By ROBERT PEAR. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 16, 2009. WASHINGTON — On the 17th day of Senate debate on health legislation, it came down to this: A rock-ribbed conservative physician from Oklahoma squared off against a self-described democratic socialist from Vermont who was hoping for a full-throated debate on his proposal to establish a system of “Medicare for all.” The Oklahoman, Senator Tom Coburn, a Republican, had propounded a unanimous-consent request, stipulating that no amendment could be offered unless it had been publicly available for 72 hours, with an estimate of its costs. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/health/policy/17health.html?hpw
The Republicans' war within- In California, repercussions of one vote by legislator illustrate fractured state party By Michael Leahy. Copyright by The Washington Post. Monday, December 14, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/13/AR2009121303042.html?wpisrc=newsletter
Chicagoland
U.S. Said to Pick Illinois Prison to House Detainees By CHARLIE SAVAGE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 14, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/us/15gitmo.html?th&emc=th
Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: Quinn right to back Thomson. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. December 16, 2009. There aren't many politicians who would push for transferring suspected terrorists to their state on the eve of a primary election. But Gov. Quinn, to his credit, did just that, showing strong leadership by backing the federal government's proposal to turn the Thomson Correctional Center into a new home for Guantanamo Bay detainees. http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1941757,CST-EDT-edit16b.article
Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: State needs to put stop to revolving prison door. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. December 15, 2009. Sometimes, it's tempting to think the biggest bunch of repeat offenders in the state can be found right in our own Capitol. Year after year, various governors and legislators have approved policies that add to our prison populations. And year after year, they ignore the ultimate cost. http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1939231,CST-EDT-edit15a.article
Supreme Court delays medical malpractice damage cap ruling By Bruce Japsen Tribune staff reporter. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. 9:45 a.m. CST, December 17, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-medical-malpractice-caps-supreme-court-dec17,0,513112.story
Democrat Alexi Giannoulias and Republican Mark Kirk have big leads in Senate primary, poll says - But 35 percent of Democrats, 46 percent of Republicans are undecided in race to replace Sen. Roland Burris By Rick Pearson. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. December 14, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/elections/chi-poll-senate-14-dec14,0,5398298.story
Silence is the golden rule in city politics BY CAROL MARIN. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. December 19, 2009. Who hired Angelo Torres? Shame on me, I haven't asked in a while. But a headline last week ("City Silence on Misconduct Riles Daley") made me smack my forehead with "I should have had a V8!" clarity. I suddenly remembered what is too important to forget. That for five years, n-o-b-o-d-y at City Hall has ever answered that question. http://www.suntimes.com/news/marin/1948231,CST-EDT-carol20.article
Judge rules Chicago can acquire Bensenville cemetery for new O'Hare runway - Decision is last of major hurdles for airport expansion By Art Barnum. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. December 19, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ohare-cemetery-19-dec19,0,2236282.story
Chicago Tribune Editorial: Chicago. Wal-Mart. It's time. Copyright by The Chicago Tribune. December 18, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/chi-1218edit1dec18,0,5534026.story
Economy
House Considers Reinstating Glass-Steagall - Looking for ways to pressure banks to lend more, Democrats may revisit the 1999 law that allowed Citigroup and others to combine consumer and investment banking By James Rowley and Christine Harper. Copyright by Bloomberg News. December 15, 2009 http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/dec2009/pi20091215_324681.htm
Senate Panel Backs Bernanke for a Second Term at Fed By BRIAN KNOWLTON and JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 17, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/business/economy/18fed.html?hpw
US consumer prices rise in November - New home construction jumps 8.9% By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 16 2009 14:20 | Last updated: December 16 2009 14:20. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/us-consumer-prices-rise-in-november-new.html
Producer Prices Jump, Factory Reports Mixed. Copyright By REUTERS. Published: December 15, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/12/15/business/business-us-usa-economy.html?scp=1&sq=US%20producer%20prices%20jump%201.8%&st=cse
US jobless claims show unexpected rise - Labour market remains under pressure By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 17 2009 14:23 | Last updated: December 17 2009 14:23 http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/us-jobless-claims-show-unexpected-rise.html
Citigroup Reaches Deal to Repay U.S. Bailout Funds By ERIC DASH and JEFF ZELENY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 14, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/business/economy/15bank.html?ref=global-home
U.S. Said to Reconsider Quick Sale of Citigroup Stake By ERIC DASH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 16, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/business/global/17citi.html?hp
New York Times Editorial: Even Bigger Than Too Big to Fail. Copyright by New York Times. Published: December 14, 2009. Asserting that it “is among the strongest banks in the industry,” Citigroup announced on Monday that it would soon repay $20 billion of federal bailout money. This from a bank that has been in the red for most of the past two years, that is expected to limp through 2010 amid a torrent of loan losses, that saw its stock price close after the announcement at a measly $3.70 a share — and that, like other big banks, is still reluctant to lend. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/opinion/15tue1.html?th&emc=th
Exxon’s Natural Gas Holdings Grow With $31 Billion Deal By JAD MOUAWAD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 14, 2009. In the biggest energy deal in years, Exxon Mobil said on Monday that it had agreed to buy XTO Energy, a domestic producer of natural gas, in an all-stock deal valued at $31 billion to increase its holdings in unconventional resources in the United States. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/business/energy-environment/15exxon.html?ref=global-home
4 Big Mortgage Backers Swim in Ocean of Debt By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 16, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/business/17wards.html?adxnnl=1&hpw=&adxnnlx=1261073054-N0RASHJtEAk6d0iajvR+bQ
G.M. Plans to Close Saab After Sales Talks Collapse By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ. Copyright by Reuters. Published: December 18, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/19/business/global/19saab.html?ref=global-home
Your Money
Dec. 31 Is a Big Day for Online Charity By STEPHANIE STROM. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 17, 2009. For charities that solicit donations online, Dec. 31 is more than New Year’s Eve — it is the most lucrative day of the year. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/us/18charity.html?scp=1&sq=Dec.%2031%20Is%20a%20Big%20Day%20for%20Online%20Charity%20&st=cse
Charities Criticize Online Fund-Raising Contest by Chase By STEPHANIE STROM. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 18, 2009. JPMorgan Chase & Company is coming under fire for the way it conducted an online contest to award millions of dollars to 100 charities. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/19/us/19charity.html?th&emc=th
Nice Gift, but Ask if You Can Return It By TARA SIEGEL BERNARD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 18, 2009. So you think you’ve picked out the perfect gift for your loved one. But there’s one more thing you should consider: how hard will it be to return it? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/19/your-money/household-budgeting/19returns.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Estate Tax Is Expiring, but Death Won’t Last By CARL HULSE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 17, 2009. WASHINGTON — A Congressional tax standoff has opened a window of opportunity for wealthy Americans determined to avoid paying up post-mortem. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/us/politics/18cong.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Housing
Interest Rates Are Low, but Banks Balk at Refinancing By DAVID STREITFELD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 12, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/business/economy/13rates.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Commodities
Gold: On the flip side. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 15 2009 20:43. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/gold-on-flip-side.html
December 15, 2009: Prescott Financial Sells Gold, Women & Sheep http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/258566/december-15-2009/prescott-financial-sells-gold--women---sheep
Immigration
House Democrats push new comprehensive immigration bill By Ben Pershing. Copyright by The Washington Post. December 15, 2009 http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2009/12/democrats_push_new_immigration.html?hpid=topnews
Immigration bill fails to mention gays. Copyright by The Windy City Times. News update Wed., Dec. 16, 2009. The measure takes major strides toward repairing America's broken immigration system. However, it does not include workers or same-sex couples. http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=23864
GLBT
D.C. Council Approves Gay Marriage By IAN URBINA. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 15, 2009. WASHINGTON — The City Council passed a measure Tuesday legalizing same-sex marriage, making the nation’s capital the first jurisdiction below the Mason-Dixon Line to allow such unions. The bill, which passed by an 11-to-2 vote, may still face obstacles in Congress, among city voters and in the courts, but most advocates say they expect it to become law by the spring. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty has said he will sign it. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/us/16marriage.html?_r=1&hp
Houston Is Largest City to Elect Openly Gay Mayor By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: December 12, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/us/politics/13houston.html?th&emc=th
Faith, folly and Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill By Michael Gerson. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, December 18, 2009. It is sad when someone you care about threatens to do a foolish and destructive thing. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/17/AR2009121703673.html
California Companies Fight Same-Sex Marriage Nationwide By JESSE McKINLEY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 12, 2009. SAN FRANCISCO — As the political battle over same-sex marriage plays out in state capitals across the country, several California companies have emerged as the go-to players for opponents of the marriages. One of the companies, Mar/Com Services Inc., lists its business address here in San Francisco, a city well known for its large and politically active gay population. When Maine residents opposed to a new law permitting same-sex marriage decided earlier this year to challenge it, they hired Mar/Com to do the production work for the television and radio advertisements. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/us/13marriage.html?hpw
City council adopts Mercado resolution. Copyright by The Windy City Times. 2009-12-16. The Chicago City Council adopted a resolution Dec. 2 regarding Puerto Rico teen Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado, who was found murdered Nov. 14 in the commonwealth. Mercado, who was gay, was found decapitated, partially burned and dismembered on an isolated street. http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=23836
POLITICS: Guide to the Gays. Copyright by The Windy City Times. 2009-12-16 http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=23847
Linda Pauel: Hoping to hold court - Extended for the Online Edition of Windy City Times by Blair Mishleau. Copyright by The Windy City Times. 2009-12-16 http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=23826
Religion
How to Fight the Religious Right - A guide to defending yourself against Fundamentalist Christians By Brian Elroy McKinley. Copyright © 1995-2008 Brian Elroy McKinle http://www.elroy.net/ehr/fighttheright.html y
New York Times Editorial: A Bishop’s Words. Copyright by New York Times. Published: December 6, 2009. In the end it was not the power of repentance or compassion that compelled the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport, Conn., to release more than 12,000 pages of documents relating to lawsuits alleging decades of sexual abuse of children by its priests. It was a court order. The diocese had spent seven years fighting a lawsuit brought by The New York Times and three other newspapers to unseal the records in 23 lawsuits involving accusations against seven priests. The diocese, which settled those cases in 2002, was ready to battle all the way to the United States Supreme Court to keep the archive secret. It lost in October, when the justices declined to hear its appeal. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/opinion/07mon2.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Technology
Will Web anonymity end as Facebook monetizes its gigantic customer profile database to become an "identity medium?" By Douglas MacMillan. Copyright by Business Week. December 14, 2009 http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2009/tc20091214_734087.htm
F.T.C. Accuses Intel of Trying to Stifle Competition By STEVE LOHR. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 16, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/technology/companies/17chip.html?ref=global-home
With a New Phone, Google May Challenge Apple By MIGUEL HELFT. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 13, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/14/technology/companies/14gphone.html?th&emc=th
Google Phone May Rankle Android Partners - Marketing its own mobile phone might turn Google into a rival to many companies it now counts as allies in building the Android operating system By Olga Kharif. Copyright by Business Week. December 15, 2009 http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2009/tc20091215_283413.htm
Google Loses in French Copyright Case. Copyright By REUTERS. Published: December 18, 2009. PARIS (Reuters) — A Paris court on Friday found the Internet giant Google guilty of violating copyright by digitizing books and putting extracts online, following a legal challenge by French publishers. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/19/technology/companies/19google.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
Google Is in Talks to Buy Yelp By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 18, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/19/technology/companies/19yelp.html?hpw
Forecast for 2010: The Coming Cloud 'Catastrophe' Mark Anderson predicts a big remote-computing service disaster, lost momentum for Microsoft, and growth in consumer payments for online news content By Arik Hesseldahl. Copyright by Business Week. December 11, 2009 http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2009/tc20091211_347388.htm
Europe Drops Microsoft Antitrust Case Over Browsers By KEVIN J. O'BRIEN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 16, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/business/global/17msft.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
Travel
British Airways Crews Vote to Strike By NICOLA CLARK. Copyright by Reuters. Published: December 14, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/business/global/15air.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
Court Halts Strike at British Airways By JULIA WERDIGIER. Copyright by Reuters. Published: December 17, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/business/global/18air.html?ref=global-home
A Takeoff, and Hope, for Boeing Dreamliner By WILLIAM YARDLEY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 15, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/us/16flight.html?ref=global-home
Other
Poll Reveals Trauma of Joblessness in U.S. By MICHAEL LUO and MEGAN THEE-BRENAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 14, 2009. More than half of the nation’s unemployed workers have borrowed money from friends or relatives since losing their jobs. An equal number have cut back on doctor visits or medical treatments because they are out of work. Almost half have suffered from depression or anxiety. About 4 in 10 parents have noticed behavioral changes in their children that they attribute to their difficulties in finding work. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/us/15poll.html?th&emc=th
Entertainment
Man in the News: James Cameron By Matthew Garrahan. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 18 2009 20:15 | Last updated: December 18 2009 20:15. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/man-in-news-james-cameron.html
‘Up in the Air’ Nabs Some Golden Globe Love By BROOKS BARNES. Copyright by The New York Times. December 15, 2009, 8:58 AM http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/up-in-the-air-nabs-some-golden-globe-love/?ref=global-home
Comcast Introduces a Streaming TV Service By BRIAN STELTER. Published: December 16, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/business/media/16comcast.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Second City Looks Back in Laughter By LARRY ROHTER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 15, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/arts/16second.html?th&emc=th
Humor
Canadian Ice Fishing Crazy Canucks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x768VAsOQSw
Billy Dee Williams Tiger Woods Collectible Plates http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgiCX_y1BW8
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Saturday, December 12, 2009
"Till death do us part" Newsletter - December 12, 2009
"Till death do us part" Newsletter - December 12, 2009
"We're going to enforce morality in California and then we'll spread from state to state, the same way the Prop 8 backers moved to Maine," Marcotte said. "If you want to protect traditional marriage, don't stop gay people from getting married," he said. "Stop straight people from getting divorced." John Marcotte
Man pushing divorce ban says he's playing it straight By Loretta Kalb. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. December 4, 2009. SACRAMENTO, Calif. - -- "Till death do us part" is no idle promise to John Marcotte, a Sacramento man bent on banning divorce in California. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-tc-nw-divorce-ban-1203-1204dec04,0,7047934.story
American (Traditional) Marriage By John Marcotte. Published: December 8, 2009. Posted in: Main, Press. http://rescuemarriage.org/2009/12/08/american_marriage/
RescueMarriage.org is the brain-child of concerned Christian and political activist John Marcotte, who felt strongly that Prop 8 did not go far enough in protecting traditional marriage. With the help of attorneys and friends, Marcotte is attempting to ban divorce in the State of California. http://rescuemarriage.org/about-rescue-marriage/
Defending marriage by banning divorce By Meghan Daum. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. December 11, 2009. I thought of that guy recently when I read that John Marcotte, the Sacramento, Calif., political activist and comedy writer who began campaigning last summer for a statewide ban on divorce and received the go-ahead from the California secretary of state to try to collect about 700,000 signatures to get it on the ballot in March. Marcotte, who is married and says his wife was among the first signers, calls the movement -- the 2010 California Marriage Protection Act -- a natural extension of the 2008 California Marriage Protection Act, aka Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage. His Web site is rife with slogans such as "Closing the budget gap -- one marriage at a time" and " 'Till death do us part.' You're not dead yet." You can also buy T-shirts. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped1211daumdec11,0,6843547.column
New York State Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson: These Words Need To Be Heard http://www.davidmixner.com/2009/12/new-york-state-senator-ruth-hassellthompson-these-words-need-to-be-heard.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DavidMixnerCom+%28DavidMixner.com%29
Separation of Church and State by Carlos T Mock, MD. December 12, 2009... However, The United States has recently gone from a State in which the balance of separation of Church and State has tipped to a State where religious groups are trying to impose their views on the government. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/12/separation-of-church-and-state.html
International
In Russia, New Times Are Reason for Debate By CLIFFORD J. LEVY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 6, 2009. MOSCOW — Vadim V. Vodyanitsky runs a fish processing plant in Russia’s Far East, and one question looms over his day, as crucial as the trawler schedules or the Pacific tidal patterns. What time is it in Moscow, 5,000 miles away? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/world/europe/07zones.html?hpw
Collider Sets Record, and Europe Takes U.S.’s Lead By DENNIS OVERBYE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 9, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/science/10collide.html?th&emc=th
Europe Pledges Billions for Climate Aid for Poor Nations By JAMES KANTER and ANDREW C. REVKIN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 11, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/science/earth/12climate.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
Climate Deal Likely to Bear Big Price Tag By JOHN M. BRODER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 8, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/science/earth/09cost.html?_r=1&hpw
British Bank Holds Steady on Rates and Buyback Plan By JULIA WERDIGIER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 10, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/business/global/11pound.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
Bankers fury at UK bonus supertax - City warns of damage of 50% levy By Patrick Jenkins and Brooke Masters in London and Francesco Guerrera in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009 Published: December 9 2009 20:15 | Last updated: December 9 2009 23:49. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/12/bankers-fury-at-uk-bonus-supertax-city.html
China
Recession Elsewhere, but It’s Booming in China. By KEITH BRADSHER. Copyright by The Associated Press, via Xinhua. Published: December 9, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/business/economy/10consume.html?th&emc=th
China’s Economic Power Unsettles the Neighbors By MICHAEL WINES. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 9, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/world/asia/10jakarta.html?th&emc=th
Mess-o-potamia
Iran Agrees to Nuclear Fuel Swap. Copyright By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: December 12, 2009. Filed at 10:15 a.m. ET http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/12/12/world/AP-Iran-Nuclear.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
Iran says Saudis seized atom expert By Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 8 2009 17:26 | Last updated: December 8 2009 17:55. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/12/iran-says-saudis-seized-atom-expert.html
Iranian Student Protesters Clash With Police By NAZILA FATHI and ROBERT F. WORTH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 7, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/world/middleeast/08iran.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
In Iran, Protests Gaining a Radical Tinge By ROBERT F. WORTH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 10, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/world/middleeast/11iran.html?th&emc=th
Amnesty International Assails Iran’s Rights Record By ALAN COWELL. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 10, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/world/middleeast/11iran.html?ref=global-home
Coordinated Bombings in Baghdad Kill at Least 121 By STEVEN LEE MYERS and MARC SANTORA. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 8, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/world/middleeast/09iraq.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
National
Accepting Peace Prize, Obama Evokes ‘Just War’ By JEFF ZELENY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 10, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/world/europe/11prexy.html?ref=global-home
Poll Finds Slim Majority Back More Afghanistan Troops By ADAM NAGOURNEY and DALIA SUSSMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 9, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/world/asia/10poll.html?th&emc=th
McChrystal backs Obama’s Afghan strategy - General vows to beat back Taliban insurgency by mid-2011 By Daniel Dombey in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 8 2009 14:51 | Last updated: December 8 2009 15:37. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/12/afghan-war-commander-calls-new-strategy.html
U.S. Will Settle Indian Lawsuit for $3.4 Billion By CHARLIE SAVAGE. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: December 8, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/us/09tribes.html?th&emc=th
New York Times Editorial: The ‘Terror Gap’ Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 8, 2009. Under federal law, people who pose a heightened risk of violence cannot buy or own firearms, including convicted felons, domestic abusers, the seriously mentally ill and several other categories. Suspected terrorist is not one them. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/opinion/09wed2.html?th&emc=th
New Incidents Test Immunity to Terrorism on U.S. Soil By SCOTT SHANE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 11, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/us/12assess.html?ref=global-home
New Execution Method Is Used in Ohio By IAN URBINA. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: December 8, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/us/09ohio.html?th&emc=th
House Ban on Acorn Grants Is Ruled Unconstitutional By JANIE LORBER. Published: December 11, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/us/politics/12acorn.html?th&emc=th
Top Lawyer Wins Primary to Replace Kennedy By ABBY GOODNOUGH. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: December 8, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/us/politics/09mass.html?th&emc=th
Atlanta Mayor Recount Goes to Reed By ROBBIE BROWN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 9, 2009. ATLANTA — Kasim Reed, a lawyer and former state legislator, was elected mayor of Atlanta by a margin of 714 votes, according to a recount of last week’s vote that concluded on Wednesday afternoon. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/us/10atlanta.html?hpw
Health Care Reform
Financial Times Editorial Comment: Medical miracle. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 9 2009 20:03 | Last updated: December 9 2009 20:03. Prospects that the Senate will pass a bill to reform US healthcare brightened this week, as a possible compromise emerged over the “public option”. If the Senate can push this new measure through, as it should, Democrats in the House of Representatives must choke down their reservations and go along. Healthcare reform can then reach the president’s desk. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/12/financial-times-editorial-comment.html
New York Times Editorial: The Non-Public Option. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 9, 2009. Ten Democratic senators are calling for abandoning the much-maligned “public option” — a government-run health insurance plan to compete with private insurers — and replacing it with two programs that might achieve the same goal of expanding Americans’ choices and providing some competition. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/opinion/10thu1.html?th&emc=th
Health Care
Greenhouse Gases Imperil Health, E.P.A. Announces By JOHN M. BRODER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 7, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/science/earth/08epa.html?th&emc=th
Millions in U.S. Drink Dirty Water, Records Show By CHARLES DUHIGG. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 7, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/business/energy-environment/08water.html?th&emc=th
Miscarriage grief can haunt new pregnancies - Support group, Still Missed, offers help in Chicago region By Joel Hood. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. December 7, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/chi-still-missed-07-dec07,0,1318765.story
Poor Children Likelier to Get Antipsychotics By DUFF WILSON. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 11, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/health/12medicaid.html?hpw
Medicare Expands List of Covered Preventive Services to Include HIV Screening Tests http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2009pres/12/20091208a.html
GOP Bashing
An American triumph at Oslo By Kathleen Parker. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, December 11, 2009. After Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize speech, anyone still questioning whether he is really a Christian, rather than a Muslim aligned with fanaticism, needs to seek therapy forthwith. Anyone still unconvinced that Obama is really an American committed to his nation's values, rather than an impostor who doesn't pledge allegiance to his critics' satisfaction, should probably surrender to the asylum. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/10/AR2009121003638.html
December 10, 2009: Teapocalypse - The Tea Party Split http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-december-10-2009/teapocalypse---the-tea-party-split
New York Times Editorial: Senator Bruno’s Legacy. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 8, 2009. The conviction of Joseph Bruno, the former state senator who once was one of the most powerful state leaders in the country, is an indictment of the entire New York State Legislature. Mr. Bruno was convicted on two felony counts of “theft of honest services” after a trial that showed how he mingled taxpayers’ business with his own — and made it clear to one and all why state leaders have taken care not to clean up their legislative pigpen. There’s just way too much money to be made. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/opinion/09wed1.html?th&emc=th
SC lawmakers nix Sanford impeachment, back rebuke. Copyright by The Associated Press. Wednesday, December 9, 2009; 6:22 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/09/AR2009120903202.html?wpisrc=newsletter
Jenny Sanford files for divorce from S.C. Governor By Philip Rucker. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, December 11, 2009; 11:45 AM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/11/AR2009121101503.html?wpisrc=newsletter
December 8, 2009: Gretchen Carlson Dumbs Down http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-december-8-2009/gretchen-carlson-dumbs-down
Blackwater Guards Tied to Secret C.I.A. Raids By JAMES RISEN and MARK MAZZETTI. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: December 10, 2009. WASHINGTON — Private security guards from Blackwater Worldwide participated in some of the C.I.A.’s most sensitive activities — clandestine raids with agency officers against people suspected of being insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan and the transporting of detainees, according to former company employees and intelligence officials. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/us/politics/11blackwater.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
December 10, 2009: Beck - Not So Mellow Gold http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-december-10-2009/beck---not-so-mellow-gold
Dear Mr. Grim Reaper http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/12/dear-mr-grim-reaper.html
Chicagoland
Illinois prison likely to house detainees - Despite GOP concerns, facility seen as choice to replace Guantanamo By Peter Slevin and Peter Finn. Copyright by The Washington Post . Sunday, December 6, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/05/AR2009120502795.html?hpid=topnews
Poll shows Gov. Pat Quinn leading Democrats and former Attorney General Jim Ryan leading Republicans - Many voters in both parties undecided on candidate for governor By Rick Pearson. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. December 13, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-gov-poll-13-bdogdec13,0,1579695.story
Todd Stroger a distant 3rd in poll - Dorothy Brown outpaces Cook County Board President Todd Stroger in poll of Democratic primary voters By Hal Dardick and Robert Becker. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. December 11, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-poll-county-presidentdec11,0,1399687.story Editorial note: Thank God!!!
Chicago parking meters: Some machines freeze up, and motorists fume - Inoperable machines only slightly higher than usual, parking firm says By James Janega. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. Dec ember 11, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-chicago-frozen-parking-meterdec11,0,1092693.story
Woman who died in high-rise fire called 911 By Jeremy Gorner, Carlos Sadovi and Liam Ford. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. December 10, 2009 10:46 AM http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/12/extra-alarm-fire-at-gold-coast-high-rise.html
Economy
Report Shows Strong Start to U.S. Retailers’ Holiday Season By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 11, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/business/economy/12econ.html?adxnnl=1&hpw=&adxnnlx=1260554444-KdDC1eqFDvr96whvVB7Spw
Obama Offers Help for Small Businesses By JEFF ZELENY and JACKIE CALMES. Copyright by Reuters. Published: December 8, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/us/politics/09jobs.html?hpw
House Passes Far-Reaching Bill Tightening Financial Rules By CARL HULSE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 11, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/business/12regulate.html?_r=1&hp
Many See the VAT Option as a Cure for Deficits By CATHERINE RAMPELL. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 10, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/business/11vat.html?th&emc=th
Administration slashes bailout loss estimate by $200 billion By David Cho. Copyright by The Washington Post. Monday, December 7, 2009; 10:17 AM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/06/AR2009120603133.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter
Treasury draws $936m from JPMorgan warrants - Auction ends government investment in the US bank By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 11 2009 17:20 | Last updated: December 11 2009 17:20 http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/12/treasury-draws-936m-from-jpmorgan.html
Citi Is Eager to Pay Back Bailout Aid By ERIC DASH. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: December 9, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/business/10bank.html?th&emc=th
G.M. Says It Hopes to Repay U.S. by End of 2010 By NICK BUNKLEY. Published: December 8, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/business/09auto.html?hpw
Goldman’s Curbs on Bonuses Aim to Quell Uproar By LOUISE STORY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 10, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/business/11pay.html?hpw
GE chief attacks executive ‘greed’ By Francesco Guerrera in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 9 2009 21:25 | Last updated: December 9 2009 21:25. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/12/ge-chief-attacks-executive-greed.html
Your Money
Cable Freedom Is a Click Away By NICK BILTON. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 9, 2009... This quest for cable freedom has been a couple of years in the works. Before I called the cable company to bid my farewell I imagined that I would need a vast array of devices to fill the entertainment void: a device for games, something for television shows, a contraption for streaming movies through Netflix and, finally, something to control all of the above. But it turns out a computer can do all those tasks with some software upgrades and a wireless keyboard and mouse. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/technology/personaltech/10basics.html?th=&adxnnl=1&emc=th&adxnnlx=1260464405-sOi/N73bAEXm75RWTOzyQQ
The Lure of Store Credit Cards, and the Hook By TARA SIEGEL BERNARD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 11, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/your-money/credit-and-debit-cards/12cards.html?th&emc=th
Redeem All of Gift Card, or Give Store a Present By RON LIEBER. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: December 11, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/your-money/credit-and-debit-cards/12money.html?th&emc=th
Commodities
Weak dollar and oil demand shrink US trade gap - New US jobless claims rise unexpectedly By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 10 2009 14:26 | Last updated: December 10 2009 15:30. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/12/weak-dollar-and-oil-demand-shrink-us.html
Immigration
New York Times Editorial: An Illegal Immigration Patchwork. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 10, 2009. States and localities have been taking immigration enforcement into their own hands out of frustration over Washington’s failure to enact comprehensive reform, over misguided and ineffective federal enforcement of existing rules and over a sense that America has lost control of its borders. Numerous states and towns have enacted harsh laws seeking to regulate the employment of undocumented workers, and, in some instances, keep them out of housing. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/opinion/11fri2.html?th&emc=th
Illegal Immigrant Students Publicly Take Up a Cause By JULIA PRESTON. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 10, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/us/11student.html?th&emc=th
Immigration Officials Arrest 300 in California By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 11, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/us/12immig.html?th&emc=th
Bill O'Reilly lashes out at 'Law & Order' executive producer. Copyright by Yahoo News. Fri Dec 11, 2009; 1:34 pm ET. Sparking O'Reilly's ire was an episode of "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" that aired earlier in the week, in which a crazed anti-immigration activist set out to murder the children of illegal immigrants. In one scene, a character named Randall Carver, played by veteran actor John Larroquette, is sitting on a park bench talking to Fin, the detective played by Ice-T. In defending the actions of the man who killed the immigrants’ children, Larroquette's character says, "Limbaugh, Beck, O'Reilly, all of 'em, they are like a cancer spreading ignorance and hate...They've convinced folks that immigrants are the problem, not corporations that fail to pay a living wage or a broken health care system..." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20091211/en_ynews/ynews_en1030
GLBT
Senate Panel in N.J. Approves Gay Marriage Bill By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 7, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/nyregion/08marriage.html?th&emc=th
New York Times Editorial: Uphill Toward Equality. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 9, 2009. The fight in New Jersey to legalize same-sex marriage cleared a crucial hurdle on Monday night, and it is now time for the rest of the state’s lawmakers to end a grievous violation of this nation’s promise of equal rights. The same-sex marriage bill was approved by the Judiciary Committee of the State Senate on Monday night following a day of emotionally charged testimony. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/opinion/10thu3.html?th&emc=th
Pro-GLBT 7th District candidates debate; Steans no-shows By Amy Wooten. Copyright by The Chicago Free Press. December 10, 2009 http://www.chicagofreepress.com/node/4141
2nd gay bishop for Episcopal Church, Anglicans By Christopher Weber and Rachel Zoll. Copyright by The Associated Press. December 10, 2009 http://www.chicagofreepress.com/node/4143
Religion
How to Fight the Religious Right - A guide to defending yourself against Fundamentalist Christians By Brian Elroy McKinley. Copyright © 1995-2008 Brian Elroy McKinle http://www.elroy.net/ehr/fighttheright.html y
New York Times Editorial: A Bishop’s Words. Copyright by New York Times. Published: December 6, 2009. In the end it was not the power of repentance or compassion that compelled the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport, Conn., to release more than 12,000 pages of documents relating to lawsuits alleging decades of sexual abuse of children by its priests. It was a court order. The diocese had spent seven years fighting a lawsuit brought by The New York Times and three other newspapers to unseal the records in 23 lawsuits involving accusations against seven priests. The diocese, which settled those cases in 2002, was ready to battle all the way to the United States Supreme Court to keep the archive secret. It lost in October, when the justices declined to hear its appeal. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/opinion/07mon2.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Technology
AT&T to Urge Customers to Use Less Wireless Data By JENNA WORTHAM. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 9, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/technology/companies/10iphone.html?hpw
Forward These E-Mail Suggestions From Readers By NICK BILTON. Copyright by The New York Times. December 11, 2009, 5:46 PM http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/forward-these-e-mail-suggestions-from-readers/?hpw
Microsoft Is Losing Fight for Consumers, Analyst Says By STEVE LOHR. Copyright by The New York Times. December 10, 2009, 10:00 pm http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/microsoft-is-losing-fight-for-consumers-analyst-says/?th&emc=th
Apple’s Game Changer, Downloading Now By JENNA WORTHAM. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 5, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/technology/06apps.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Apple Countersues Nokia Over Patent Infringement. Copyright By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: December 11, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/technology/12apple.html?th&emc=th
Travel
U.S. and Japan Reach Open Skies Deal. Copyright By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: December 11, 2009. Filed at 11:51 p.m. ET http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/12/11/business/AP-US-US-Japan-Flights.html?ref=global-home
What’s New, on and Off the Slopes By LIONEL BEEHNER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 13, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/travel/13journeys.html?hpw
Other
Woods Is Taking ‘Indefinite Break’ By LARRY DORMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 11, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/sports/golf/12woods.html?_r=1&hp
Entertainment
New York Times Editorial: Concerns About Comcast-NBC. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 6, 2009. With technology changing Americans’ media experience at breakneck speed, it might seem quaint to worry about the merger of an old-style cable company with a beleaguered broadcast TV company. But there is much to be concerned about in Comcast’s proposed takeover of NBC and its sister company Universal Studios. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/opinion/07mon3.html?th&emc=th
Beatles 3000 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z2vU8M6CYI
Humor
‘Afghandyland,’ Where You Can’t Win and You Can’t Quit. Stephen Colbert had a creative use for the the tangled, spaghetti-like COIN strategy flowchart that NBC’s Richard Engel reported on last week: make it a board game, “Afghandyland.” In this video, Mr. Colbert begins with a critique of President Obama’s Nobel acceptance speech and breaks out the board game about 1:30 into the clip. http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/afghandyland-where-you-cant-win-and-you-cant-quit/
Osama bin laden http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeKe6O7_zpI
The Power of a Badge..... http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/12/power-of-badge.html
In a bar... http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/12/in-bar.html
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"We're going to enforce morality in California and then we'll spread from state to state, the same way the Prop 8 backers moved to Maine," Marcotte said. "If you want to protect traditional marriage, don't stop gay people from getting married," he said. "Stop straight people from getting divorced." John Marcotte
Man pushing divorce ban says he's playing it straight By Loretta Kalb. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. December 4, 2009. SACRAMENTO, Calif. - -- "Till death do us part" is no idle promise to John Marcotte, a Sacramento man bent on banning divorce in California. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-tc-nw-divorce-ban-1203-1204dec04,0,7047934.story
American (Traditional) Marriage By John Marcotte. Published: December 8, 2009. Posted in: Main, Press. http://rescuemarriage.org/2009/12/08/american_marriage/
RescueMarriage.org is the brain-child of concerned Christian and political activist John Marcotte, who felt strongly that Prop 8 did not go far enough in protecting traditional marriage. With the help of attorneys and friends, Marcotte is attempting to ban divorce in the State of California. http://rescuemarriage.org/about-rescue-marriage/
Defending marriage by banning divorce By Meghan Daum. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. December 11, 2009. I thought of that guy recently when I read that John Marcotte, the Sacramento, Calif., political activist and comedy writer who began campaigning last summer for a statewide ban on divorce and received the go-ahead from the California secretary of state to try to collect about 700,000 signatures to get it on the ballot in March. Marcotte, who is married and says his wife was among the first signers, calls the movement -- the 2010 California Marriage Protection Act -- a natural extension of the 2008 California Marriage Protection Act, aka Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage. His Web site is rife with slogans such as "Closing the budget gap -- one marriage at a time" and " 'Till death do us part.' You're not dead yet." You can also buy T-shirts. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped1211daumdec11,0,6843547.column
New York State Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson: These Words Need To Be Heard http://www.davidmixner.com/2009/12/new-york-state-senator-ruth-hassellthompson-these-words-need-to-be-heard.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DavidMixnerCom+%28DavidMixner.com%29
Separation of Church and State by Carlos T Mock, MD. December 12, 2009... However, The United States has recently gone from a State in which the balance of separation of Church and State has tipped to a State where religious groups are trying to impose their views on the government. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/12/separation-of-church-and-state.html
International
In Russia, New Times Are Reason for Debate By CLIFFORD J. LEVY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 6, 2009. MOSCOW — Vadim V. Vodyanitsky runs a fish processing plant in Russia’s Far East, and one question looms over his day, as crucial as the trawler schedules or the Pacific tidal patterns. What time is it in Moscow, 5,000 miles away? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/world/europe/07zones.html?hpw
Collider Sets Record, and Europe Takes U.S.’s Lead By DENNIS OVERBYE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 9, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/science/10collide.html?th&emc=th
Europe Pledges Billions for Climate Aid for Poor Nations By JAMES KANTER and ANDREW C. REVKIN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 11, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/science/earth/12climate.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
Climate Deal Likely to Bear Big Price Tag By JOHN M. BRODER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 8, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/science/earth/09cost.html?_r=1&hpw
British Bank Holds Steady on Rates and Buyback Plan By JULIA WERDIGIER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 10, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/business/global/11pound.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
Bankers fury at UK bonus supertax - City warns of damage of 50% levy By Patrick Jenkins and Brooke Masters in London and Francesco Guerrera in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009 Published: December 9 2009 20:15 | Last updated: December 9 2009 23:49. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/12/bankers-fury-at-uk-bonus-supertax-city.html
China
Recession Elsewhere, but It’s Booming in China. By KEITH BRADSHER. Copyright by The Associated Press, via Xinhua. Published: December 9, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/business/economy/10consume.html?th&emc=th
China’s Economic Power Unsettles the Neighbors By MICHAEL WINES. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 9, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/world/asia/10jakarta.html?th&emc=th
Mess-o-potamia
Iran Agrees to Nuclear Fuel Swap. Copyright By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: December 12, 2009. Filed at 10:15 a.m. ET http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/12/12/world/AP-Iran-Nuclear.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
Iran says Saudis seized atom expert By Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 8 2009 17:26 | Last updated: December 8 2009 17:55. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/12/iran-says-saudis-seized-atom-expert.html
Iranian Student Protesters Clash With Police By NAZILA FATHI and ROBERT F. WORTH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 7, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/world/middleeast/08iran.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
In Iran, Protests Gaining a Radical Tinge By ROBERT F. WORTH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 10, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/world/middleeast/11iran.html?th&emc=th
Amnesty International Assails Iran’s Rights Record By ALAN COWELL. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 10, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/world/middleeast/11iran.html?ref=global-home
Coordinated Bombings in Baghdad Kill at Least 121 By STEVEN LEE MYERS and MARC SANTORA. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 8, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/world/middleeast/09iraq.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
National
Accepting Peace Prize, Obama Evokes ‘Just War’ By JEFF ZELENY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 10, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/world/europe/11prexy.html?ref=global-home
Poll Finds Slim Majority Back More Afghanistan Troops By ADAM NAGOURNEY and DALIA SUSSMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 9, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/world/asia/10poll.html?th&emc=th
McChrystal backs Obama’s Afghan strategy - General vows to beat back Taliban insurgency by mid-2011 By Daniel Dombey in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 8 2009 14:51 | Last updated: December 8 2009 15:37. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/12/afghan-war-commander-calls-new-strategy.html
U.S. Will Settle Indian Lawsuit for $3.4 Billion By CHARLIE SAVAGE. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: December 8, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/us/09tribes.html?th&emc=th
New York Times Editorial: The ‘Terror Gap’ Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 8, 2009. Under federal law, people who pose a heightened risk of violence cannot buy or own firearms, including convicted felons, domestic abusers, the seriously mentally ill and several other categories. Suspected terrorist is not one them. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/opinion/09wed2.html?th&emc=th
New Incidents Test Immunity to Terrorism on U.S. Soil By SCOTT SHANE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 11, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/us/12assess.html?ref=global-home
New Execution Method Is Used in Ohio By IAN URBINA. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: December 8, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/us/09ohio.html?th&emc=th
House Ban on Acorn Grants Is Ruled Unconstitutional By JANIE LORBER. Published: December 11, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/us/politics/12acorn.html?th&emc=th
Top Lawyer Wins Primary to Replace Kennedy By ABBY GOODNOUGH. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: December 8, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/us/politics/09mass.html?th&emc=th
Atlanta Mayor Recount Goes to Reed By ROBBIE BROWN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 9, 2009. ATLANTA — Kasim Reed, a lawyer and former state legislator, was elected mayor of Atlanta by a margin of 714 votes, according to a recount of last week’s vote that concluded on Wednesday afternoon. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/us/10atlanta.html?hpw
Health Care Reform
Financial Times Editorial Comment: Medical miracle. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 9 2009 20:03 | Last updated: December 9 2009 20:03. Prospects that the Senate will pass a bill to reform US healthcare brightened this week, as a possible compromise emerged over the “public option”. If the Senate can push this new measure through, as it should, Democrats in the House of Representatives must choke down their reservations and go along. Healthcare reform can then reach the president’s desk. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/12/financial-times-editorial-comment.html
New York Times Editorial: The Non-Public Option. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 9, 2009. Ten Democratic senators are calling for abandoning the much-maligned “public option” — a government-run health insurance plan to compete with private insurers — and replacing it with two programs that might achieve the same goal of expanding Americans’ choices and providing some competition. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/opinion/10thu1.html?th&emc=th
Health Care
Greenhouse Gases Imperil Health, E.P.A. Announces By JOHN M. BRODER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 7, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/science/earth/08epa.html?th&emc=th
Millions in U.S. Drink Dirty Water, Records Show By CHARLES DUHIGG. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 7, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/business/energy-environment/08water.html?th&emc=th
Miscarriage grief can haunt new pregnancies - Support group, Still Missed, offers help in Chicago region By Joel Hood. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. December 7, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/chi-still-missed-07-dec07,0,1318765.story
Poor Children Likelier to Get Antipsychotics By DUFF WILSON. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 11, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/health/12medicaid.html?hpw
Medicare Expands List of Covered Preventive Services to Include HIV Screening Tests http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2009pres/12/20091208a.html
GOP Bashing
An American triumph at Oslo By Kathleen Parker. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, December 11, 2009. After Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize speech, anyone still questioning whether he is really a Christian, rather than a Muslim aligned with fanaticism, needs to seek therapy forthwith. Anyone still unconvinced that Obama is really an American committed to his nation's values, rather than an impostor who doesn't pledge allegiance to his critics' satisfaction, should probably surrender to the asylum. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/10/AR2009121003638.html
December 10, 2009: Teapocalypse - The Tea Party Split http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-december-10-2009/teapocalypse---the-tea-party-split
New York Times Editorial: Senator Bruno’s Legacy. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 8, 2009. The conviction of Joseph Bruno, the former state senator who once was one of the most powerful state leaders in the country, is an indictment of the entire New York State Legislature. Mr. Bruno was convicted on two felony counts of “theft of honest services” after a trial that showed how he mingled taxpayers’ business with his own — and made it clear to one and all why state leaders have taken care not to clean up their legislative pigpen. There’s just way too much money to be made. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/opinion/09wed1.html?th&emc=th
SC lawmakers nix Sanford impeachment, back rebuke. Copyright by The Associated Press. Wednesday, December 9, 2009; 6:22 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/09/AR2009120903202.html?wpisrc=newsletter
Jenny Sanford files for divorce from S.C. Governor By Philip Rucker. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, December 11, 2009; 11:45 AM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/11/AR2009121101503.html?wpisrc=newsletter
December 8, 2009: Gretchen Carlson Dumbs Down http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-december-8-2009/gretchen-carlson-dumbs-down
Blackwater Guards Tied to Secret C.I.A. Raids By JAMES RISEN and MARK MAZZETTI. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: December 10, 2009. WASHINGTON — Private security guards from Blackwater Worldwide participated in some of the C.I.A.’s most sensitive activities — clandestine raids with agency officers against people suspected of being insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan and the transporting of detainees, according to former company employees and intelligence officials. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/us/politics/11blackwater.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
December 10, 2009: Beck - Not So Mellow Gold http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-december-10-2009/beck---not-so-mellow-gold
Dear Mr. Grim Reaper http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/12/dear-mr-grim-reaper.html
Chicagoland
Illinois prison likely to house detainees - Despite GOP concerns, facility seen as choice to replace Guantanamo By Peter Slevin and Peter Finn. Copyright by The Washington Post . Sunday, December 6, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/05/AR2009120502795.html?hpid=topnews
Poll shows Gov. Pat Quinn leading Democrats and former Attorney General Jim Ryan leading Republicans - Many voters in both parties undecided on candidate for governor By Rick Pearson. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. December 13, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-gov-poll-13-bdogdec13,0,1579695.story
Todd Stroger a distant 3rd in poll - Dorothy Brown outpaces Cook County Board President Todd Stroger in poll of Democratic primary voters By Hal Dardick and Robert Becker. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. December 11, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-poll-county-presidentdec11,0,1399687.story Editorial note: Thank God!!!
Chicago parking meters: Some machines freeze up, and motorists fume - Inoperable machines only slightly higher than usual, parking firm says By James Janega. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. Dec ember 11, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-chicago-frozen-parking-meterdec11,0,1092693.story
Woman who died in high-rise fire called 911 By Jeremy Gorner, Carlos Sadovi and Liam Ford. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. December 10, 2009 10:46 AM http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/12/extra-alarm-fire-at-gold-coast-high-rise.html
Economy
Report Shows Strong Start to U.S. Retailers’ Holiday Season By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 11, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/business/economy/12econ.html?adxnnl=1&hpw=&adxnnlx=1260554444-KdDC1eqFDvr96whvVB7Spw
Obama Offers Help for Small Businesses By JEFF ZELENY and JACKIE CALMES. Copyright by Reuters. Published: December 8, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/us/politics/09jobs.html?hpw
House Passes Far-Reaching Bill Tightening Financial Rules By CARL HULSE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 11, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/business/12regulate.html?_r=1&hp
Many See the VAT Option as a Cure for Deficits By CATHERINE RAMPELL. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 10, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/business/11vat.html?th&emc=th
Administration slashes bailout loss estimate by $200 billion By David Cho. Copyright by The Washington Post. Monday, December 7, 2009; 10:17 AM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/06/AR2009120603133.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter
Treasury draws $936m from JPMorgan warrants - Auction ends government investment in the US bank By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 11 2009 17:20 | Last updated: December 11 2009 17:20 http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/12/treasury-draws-936m-from-jpmorgan.html
Citi Is Eager to Pay Back Bailout Aid By ERIC DASH. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: December 9, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/business/10bank.html?th&emc=th
G.M. Says It Hopes to Repay U.S. by End of 2010 By NICK BUNKLEY. Published: December 8, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/business/09auto.html?hpw
Goldman’s Curbs on Bonuses Aim to Quell Uproar By LOUISE STORY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 10, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/business/11pay.html?hpw
GE chief attacks executive ‘greed’ By Francesco Guerrera in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 9 2009 21:25 | Last updated: December 9 2009 21:25. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/12/ge-chief-attacks-executive-greed.html
Your Money
Cable Freedom Is a Click Away By NICK BILTON. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 9, 2009... This quest for cable freedom has been a couple of years in the works. Before I called the cable company to bid my farewell I imagined that I would need a vast array of devices to fill the entertainment void: a device for games, something for television shows, a contraption for streaming movies through Netflix and, finally, something to control all of the above. But it turns out a computer can do all those tasks with some software upgrades and a wireless keyboard and mouse. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/technology/personaltech/10basics.html?th=&adxnnl=1&emc=th&adxnnlx=1260464405-sOi/N73bAEXm75RWTOzyQQ
The Lure of Store Credit Cards, and the Hook By TARA SIEGEL BERNARD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 11, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/your-money/credit-and-debit-cards/12cards.html?th&emc=th
Redeem All of Gift Card, or Give Store a Present By RON LIEBER. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: December 11, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/your-money/credit-and-debit-cards/12money.html?th&emc=th
Commodities
Weak dollar and oil demand shrink US trade gap - New US jobless claims rise unexpectedly By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 10 2009 14:26 | Last updated: December 10 2009 15:30. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/12/weak-dollar-and-oil-demand-shrink-us.html
Immigration
New York Times Editorial: An Illegal Immigration Patchwork. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 10, 2009. States and localities have been taking immigration enforcement into their own hands out of frustration over Washington’s failure to enact comprehensive reform, over misguided and ineffective federal enforcement of existing rules and over a sense that America has lost control of its borders. Numerous states and towns have enacted harsh laws seeking to regulate the employment of undocumented workers, and, in some instances, keep them out of housing. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/opinion/11fri2.html?th&emc=th
Illegal Immigrant Students Publicly Take Up a Cause By JULIA PRESTON. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 10, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/us/11student.html?th&emc=th
Immigration Officials Arrest 300 in California By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 11, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/us/12immig.html?th&emc=th
Bill O'Reilly lashes out at 'Law & Order' executive producer. Copyright by Yahoo News. Fri Dec 11, 2009; 1:34 pm ET. Sparking O'Reilly's ire was an episode of "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" that aired earlier in the week, in which a crazed anti-immigration activist set out to murder the children of illegal immigrants. In one scene, a character named Randall Carver, played by veteran actor John Larroquette, is sitting on a park bench talking to Fin, the detective played by Ice-T. In defending the actions of the man who killed the immigrants’ children, Larroquette's character says, "Limbaugh, Beck, O'Reilly, all of 'em, they are like a cancer spreading ignorance and hate...They've convinced folks that immigrants are the problem, not corporations that fail to pay a living wage or a broken health care system..." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20091211/en_ynews/ynews_en1030
GLBT
Senate Panel in N.J. Approves Gay Marriage Bill By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 7, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/nyregion/08marriage.html?th&emc=th
New York Times Editorial: Uphill Toward Equality. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 9, 2009. The fight in New Jersey to legalize same-sex marriage cleared a crucial hurdle on Monday night, and it is now time for the rest of the state’s lawmakers to end a grievous violation of this nation’s promise of equal rights. The same-sex marriage bill was approved by the Judiciary Committee of the State Senate on Monday night following a day of emotionally charged testimony. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/opinion/10thu3.html?th&emc=th
Pro-GLBT 7th District candidates debate; Steans no-shows By Amy Wooten. Copyright by The Chicago Free Press. December 10, 2009 http://www.chicagofreepress.com/node/4141
2nd gay bishop for Episcopal Church, Anglicans By Christopher Weber and Rachel Zoll. Copyright by The Associated Press. December 10, 2009 http://www.chicagofreepress.com/node/4143
Religion
How to Fight the Religious Right - A guide to defending yourself against Fundamentalist Christians By Brian Elroy McKinley. Copyright © 1995-2008 Brian Elroy McKinle http://www.elroy.net/ehr/fighttheright.html y
New York Times Editorial: A Bishop’s Words. Copyright by New York Times. Published: December 6, 2009. In the end it was not the power of repentance or compassion that compelled the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport, Conn., to release more than 12,000 pages of documents relating to lawsuits alleging decades of sexual abuse of children by its priests. It was a court order. The diocese had spent seven years fighting a lawsuit brought by The New York Times and three other newspapers to unseal the records in 23 lawsuits involving accusations against seven priests. The diocese, which settled those cases in 2002, was ready to battle all the way to the United States Supreme Court to keep the archive secret. It lost in October, when the justices declined to hear its appeal. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/opinion/07mon2.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Technology
AT&T to Urge Customers to Use Less Wireless Data By JENNA WORTHAM. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 9, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/technology/companies/10iphone.html?hpw
Forward These E-Mail Suggestions From Readers By NICK BILTON. Copyright by The New York Times. December 11, 2009, 5:46 PM http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/forward-these-e-mail-suggestions-from-readers/?hpw
Microsoft Is Losing Fight for Consumers, Analyst Says By STEVE LOHR. Copyright by The New York Times. December 10, 2009, 10:00 pm http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/microsoft-is-losing-fight-for-consumers-analyst-says/?th&emc=th
Apple’s Game Changer, Downloading Now By JENNA WORTHAM. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 5, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/technology/06apps.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Apple Countersues Nokia Over Patent Infringement. Copyright By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: December 11, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/technology/12apple.html?th&emc=th
Travel
U.S. and Japan Reach Open Skies Deal. Copyright By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: December 11, 2009. Filed at 11:51 p.m. ET http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/12/11/business/AP-US-US-Japan-Flights.html?ref=global-home
What’s New, on and Off the Slopes By LIONEL BEEHNER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 13, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/travel/13journeys.html?hpw
Other
Woods Is Taking ‘Indefinite Break’ By LARRY DORMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 11, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/sports/golf/12woods.html?_r=1&hp
Entertainment
New York Times Editorial: Concerns About Comcast-NBC. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 6, 2009. With technology changing Americans’ media experience at breakneck speed, it might seem quaint to worry about the merger of an old-style cable company with a beleaguered broadcast TV company. But there is much to be concerned about in Comcast’s proposed takeover of NBC and its sister company Universal Studios. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/opinion/07mon3.html?th&emc=th
Beatles 3000 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z2vU8M6CYI
Humor
‘Afghandyland,’ Where You Can’t Win and You Can’t Quit. Stephen Colbert had a creative use for the the tangled, spaghetti-like COIN strategy flowchart that NBC’s Richard Engel reported on last week: make it a board game, “Afghandyland.” In this video, Mr. Colbert begins with a critique of President Obama’s Nobel acceptance speech and breaks out the board game about 1:30 into the clip. http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/afghandyland-where-you-cant-win-and-you-cant-quit/
Osama bin laden http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeKe6O7_zpI
The Power of a Badge..... http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/12/power-of-badge.html
In a bar... http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/12/in-bar.html
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A right to say 'I do' Newsletter - December 5, 2009
A right to say 'I do' Newsletter - December 5, 2009
“The reasoning in the declaration is so contorted that it brings to mind the dire warnings from years past of what would happen if blacks and whites were allowed to marry -- not to mention similar references to what the Almighty purportedly intended. This sort of comparison irritates many African Americans who oppose same-sex marriage, but I can see no reason why the civil right extended by the Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia (interracial marriage) is any different than the one sought by gays and lesbians. Marriage has certain economic advantages, and to withhold them based on nothing more than religious preference or, at bottom, a certain disgust entrenched in convention, is clearly a civil rights matter. In the end, the courts will decide this question. That's what they're for. It's doubtful that the voters of Virginia would have allowed Mildred and Richard Loving to tie the knot back in 1967 any more than the public in general approves of same-sex marriage today. Such a legal case, spearheaded by the political odd couple of David Boies and Ted Olson, is likely to reach the Supreme Court in the not-too-distant future. Then, I suspect, wedding bells will ring through the land -- and, after a pause, America will wonder what the fuss was all about.” Richard Cohen
A right to say 'I do' By Richard Cohen. Copyright by The Washington Post. Tuesday, December 1, 2009. The truth is that if Maj. Nidal Hasan, the accused killer of 13 people at Fort Hood, had entered the officers club there with a nice handbag on his arm, perhaps a Gucci tote, he would have been out of the Army by the end of the week. Since he was merely antisocial, a misfit, an incompetent psychiatrist and a likely Islamic fanatic, he was retained and promoted. This says something about America. On the subject of gays, we are a tad nuts ourselves. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/30/AR2009113003158.html
International
The Dubai Crisis By PATRICK SEALE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: November 29, 2009. The tragedy of the black hole in Dubai’s finances is that it has dealt a blow not only to its own reputation but to that of the United Arab Emirates — and beyond that to the Arab Gulf as a whole. One might even go so far as to say that it has dealt a painful blow to the entire Arab world. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/opinion/30iht-edseale.html?ref=global
In Wake of Dubai, Trying to Predict the Next Blowup By GRAHAM BOWLEY and CATHERINE RAMPELL. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: November 30, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/business/global/01debt.html?th&emc=th
New York Times Editorial: A Vote for Intolerance. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: November 30, 2009. Disgraceful. That is the only way to describe the success of a right-wing initiative to ban the construction of minarets in Switzerland, where 57 percent of voters cast ballots for a bigoted and mean-spirited measure. Under Switzerland’s system of direct rule, the referendum is binding. Switzerland’s 400,000 or so Muslims, most of whom come from Kosovo and Turkey, are legally barred from building minarets as of now. We can only hope that the ban is quickly challenged, and that the Swiss courts will find a way to get rid of it. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/opinion/01Tue3.html?th&emc=th
Russian news reports: 102 die in nightclub in blast, fire caused by pyrotechnics By JIM HEINTZ. Copyright 2009 Associated Press. 1:35 a.m. CST, December 5, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-eu-russia-nightclub-blast,0,6202318.story
Italian Jury Convicts U.S. Student of Murder By RACHEL DONADIO. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 4, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/05/world/europe/05italy.html?_r=1&hp
Main Paris Museums Closed Due to Strike. Copyright By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: December 2, 2009. Filed at 10:23 a.m. ET http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/12/02/world/AP-EU-France-Museum-Strike.html?ref=global-home
Eurozone unemployment at 11-year high - Employers shed jobs despite signs of recovery By Stanley Pignal in Brussels. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 1 2009 12:39 | Last updated: December 1 2009 12:39. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/eurozone-unemployment-at-11-year-high.html
European Bank Holds Steady on Rate By MATTHEW SALTMARSH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 3, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/business/global/04euro.html?ref=global-home
Japan’s Central Bank Takes Steps to Lift Economy By HIROKO TABUCHI. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 1, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/business/global/02yen.html?ref=global-home
Conservative Appears to Have Won in Honduras By ELISABETH MALKIN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: November 30, 2009. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Porfirio Lobo, a longtime conservative politician, appeared to have won on Sunday in the Honduran presidential election, which many hoped could help the country emerge from the crisis caused by last summer’s coup and end its isolation. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/world/americas/01honduras.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
China
Dangers of an Overheated China By TYLER COWEN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: November 28, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/business/economy/29view.html?hpw
Mess-o-potamia
Obama announces 30,000 additional troops for Afghanistan By William Branigin. Copyright by The Washington Post. Tuesday, December 1, 2009; 9:09 PM. President Obama outlined a plan Tuesday night to speed the deployment of an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan early next year, nearly tripling the force he inherited at the start of his presidency, and then to start withdrawing American personnel in July 2011 as a way to prod the Afghan government to accept greater responsibility for fighting the radical Islamist Taliban movement and securing the country. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/01/AR2009120101231.html?hpid=topnews
Before Audience of Cadets, a Sobering Message of War By ALESSANDRA STANLEY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 2, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/arts/television/02watch.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
McChrystal: Strengthening Afghan forces 'most important thing we do' By Joshua Partlow. Copyright By The Washington Post. Wednesday, December 2, 2009; 9:47 AM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/02/AR2009120200624.html?wpisrc=newsletter
Gates Says Afghan Drawdown Timing Is Flexible By DAVID STOUT. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: December 3, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/world/asia/04policy.html?th&emc=th. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/gates-says-afghan-drawdown-timing-is.html
NATO chief: 25 countries to help in Afghan war By Mary Beth Sheridan. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, December 4, 2009; 9:57 AM. BRUSSELS -- NATO leaders said Friday that 25 countries have pledged to back up the U.S. escalation in Afghanistan with 7,000 extra troops, as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pressed American allies to firm up their commitments. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/04/AR2009120400621.html?hpid=topnews
C.I.A. to Expand Use of Drones in Pakistan By SCOTT SHANE. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: December 3, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/world/asia/04drones.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Pakistan’s Leader, Under Pressure, Cedes Nuclear Office By SABRINA TAVERNISE and DAVID E. SANGER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: November 28, 2009. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — President Asif Ali Zardari has ceded his position in Pakistan’s nuclear command structure to his prime minister, in a sudden political maneuver widely seen as a fresh sign of turmoil on the eve of President Obama’s strategy announcement for the region. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/world/asia/29pstan.html?th&emc=th
Suicide bombers kill 40 at Pakistan mosque By Pamela Constable and Shaiq Hussain. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, December 4, 2009; 10:08 AM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/04/AR2009120400673.html?hpid=topnews
Iran announces plans for 10 new uranium enrichment plants By Thomas Erdbrink. Copyright by The Washington Post. Sunday, November 29, 2009; 12:12 PM. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/29/AR2009112900992.html?hpid=topnews
Britain Says Iran Has Freed Five Detained Sailors By ALAN COWELL. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 2, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/world/middleeast/03sailors.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
Oil Companies Look to the Future in Iraq By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: November 30, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/world/middleeast/01iraqoil.html?hpw
National
Tacoma Suspect Is Killed by Police Officer By WILLIAM YARDLEY and JACK HEALY. Copyright by Reuters. Published: December 1, 2009. SEATTLE — A man suspected of fatally shooting four uniformed police officers was shot and killed early Tuesday by a Seattle police officer who chanced upon him during a routine patrol. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/us/02tacoma.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
New York Times Editorial: No Place for (Registered) Lobbyists. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 3, 2009. The Obama administration has roiled Washington’s special-interest galaxy by deciding to unseat hundreds of registered lobbyists from government advisory boards. A precise roster has yet to be done. But lobbyists clearly should have no place on the more than 915 advisory panels (with 60,000 members) laced across 52 federal agencies that seek “outside” expert advice. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/opinion/04fri4.html?ref=global
House votes to extend tax on wealthy estates By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER. Copyright by The Associated Press. Thursday, December 3, 2009; 2:44 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/03/AR2009120302154.html?hpid=topnews
Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: It's time to give wannabe TV stars a taste of reality. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. November 30, 2009. What's to be done with all these reality TV stars and wannabes littering the American landscape? Jon and Kate were annoying enough, dragging around their eight props -- er, kids. Then there was the balloon boy who wasn't. For several agonizing hours we all thought this 6-year-old kid was flying free above Colorado in a giant balloon, only to learn it was all a hoax by Mom and Dad to "better market" themselves for a reality TV show. And now we have two more aspiring reality TV celebrities, this time crashing a state dinner Tuesday at the White House. http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1911139,CST-EDT-edit_30b.article
Aide: Baucus nominated girlfriend for US attorney By THOMAS PEIPERT. Copyright by The Associated Press. Saturday, December 5, 2009; 11:56 AM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/05/AR2009120500291.html?hpid=topnews
Recount Likely in Atlanta Mayor Race By SHAILA DEWAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 2, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/us/03atlanta.html?hpw
Chelsea Clinton Is Engaged By PETER BAKER. Copyright by Reuters. November 30, 2009, 11:34 AM http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/chelsea-clinton-is-engaged/?ref=global-home
Health Care Reform
Senate health bill gets a boost - Measure wouldn't increase insurance costs for most, CBO says By Lori Montgomery. Copyright by The Washington Post. Tuesday, December 1, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/30/AR2009113004391.html?wpisrc=newsletter
New York Times Editorial; Good News on Premiums. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 3, 2009. The health insurance industry frightened Americans — and gave Republicans a shrill talking point — when it declared in October that proposed reform legislation would drive up insurance costs for virtually everyone by as much as thousands of dollars a year. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office persuasively contradicted that claim this week. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/opinion/04fri1.html?th&emc=th
Reform or Else By PAUL KRUGMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 3, 2009. Health care reform hangs in the balance. Its fate rests with a handful of “centrist” senators — senators who claim to be mainly worried about whether the proposed legislation is fiscally responsible. But if they’re really concerned with fiscal responsibility, they shouldn’t be worried about what would happen if health reform passes. They should, instead, be worried about what would happen if it doesn’t pass. For America can’t get control of its budget without controlling health care costs — and this is our last, best chance to deal with these costs in a rational way. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/opinion/04krugman.html?th&emc=th
New Hopes on Health Care for American Indians By PAM BELLUCK. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 1, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/health/02indian.html?th&emc=th
Health Care
N.I.H. Expands Stem Cells Lines Available for Research By NICHOLAS WADE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 2, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/science/03stem.html?hpw
Abortion Battle Shifts to Clinic in Nebraska By MONICA DAVEY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 3, 2009. BELLEVUE, Neb. — The national battle over abortion, for decades firmly planted outside the Kansas clinic of Dr. George R. Tiller, has erupted here in suburban Omaha, where a longtime colleague has taken up the cause of late-term abortions. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/us/04abortion.html?hpw
When perfume becomes a nuisance (or a health issue) By Susan Carpenter. Copyright © 2009, The Los Angeles Times. November 29, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/style/la-igw-perfumeetiquette29-2009nov29,0,1196014.story
GOP Bashing
A party both united and divided - Opposition to Obama is strong, but Republicans are split on GOP's direction and leaders By Jon Cohen and Dan Balz. Copyright by The Washington Post. Monday, November 30, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/29/AR2009112902935.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter
South Carolina Rift Highlights Debate Over G.O.P. By SHAILA DEWAN. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: November 28, 2009. CHARLESTON, S.C. — When Senator Lindsey Graham joined forces last month with Senator John Kerry on a compromise to the climate change legislation known as cap and trade, it was the last straw for the Charleston County Republican Party. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/us/politics/29senators.html?th&emc=th
Palin needlessly fans 'birther' flames BY ALEX KOPPELMAN. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. December 5, 2009 http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1922654,editorial-palin-fans-birther-flames-120509.article
In wake of Wash. shootings, Huckabee facing hard questions about parole record By Perry Bacon Jr. and Garance Franke-Ruta. Monday, November 30, 2009; 7:09 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/30/AR2009113002017.html?wpisrc=nl_pmpolitics
Invading Iraq was not just a disaster: it was illegal By Johan Steyn. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: November 30 2009 19:56 | Last updated: November 30 2009 19:56. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/invading-iraq-was-not-just-disaster-it.html
Chicagoland
Quinn vs. Hynes: Two very different men BY CAROL MARIN. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. December 5, 2009 http://www.suntimes.com/news/marin/1922527,CST-EDT-carol06.article
Cook County Board votes to cut sales tax despite Stroger plea by Hal Dardick at 10:57 a.m.; last updated at 2:55 p.m. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. December 1, 2009 http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2009/12/cook-county-showdown-on-stroger-tax-veto.html
County board candidates vie for gay vote by Meghan Streit. Copyright by The Windy City Times. 2009-12-02 http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=23694
New area code rings up unexpected charges for some condo boards - Security entrances may need upgrade to cope with '872' By Kristen Mack. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. November 30, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-new-area-codenov30,0,1429175.story
Economy
U.S. Economy Lost Only 11,000 Jobs in November By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ. Copyright by the New York Times. Published: December 4, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/05/business/economy/05jobs.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
Surprising jobs strength provides some promise By Gail MarksJarvis. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. December 5, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/yourmoney/chi-tc-biz-jobs-1204-1205-dec05,0,4676030.column
US factory orders rise in October By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 4 2009 16:01 | Last updated: December 4 2009 16:01. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/us-factory-orders-rise-in-october.html
November retail sales slip 0.3%, a gloomy surprise - 5% to 8% growth originally predicted, after two months of year-over-year gains By Andrea Chang. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. 11:32 a.m. CST, December 3, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-biz-retail-sales-dec3,0,1662775.story
Across U.S., Food Stamp Use Soars and Stigma Fades By JASON DePARLE and ROBERT GEBELOFF. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: November 28, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/us/29foodstamps.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
The right reform for the Fed By Ben Bernanke. Copyright by The Washington Post. Sunday, November 29, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/27/AR2009112702322.html
Washington Post Editorial: Nibbling at Mr. Bernanke - The Fed chairman has earned a second term, whatever his cranky critics think. Copyright by the Washington Post. Friday, December 4, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/03/AR2009120304086.html
Fears grow about overheated US debt market - Controversial financial deals make comeback By Henny Sender in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 1 2009 22:00 | Last updated: December 1 2009 22:00. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/fears-grow-about-overheated-us-debt.html
Treasury secretary challenges Goldman aid claims - Geithner says all banks risked being wiped out By Tom Braithwaite in Washington and Justin Baer in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 5 2009 00:49 | Last updated: December 5 2009 00:49. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/treasury-secretary-challenges-goldman.html
Move to Repay Aid Helps Bank of America Shed Stigma By LOUISE STORY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 2, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/business/03bank.html?th&emc=th
Citigroup Stands Alone By ANDREW MARTIN and ERIC DASH. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: December 3, 2009. Life just got harder for Vikram S. Pandit. A day after Bank of America announced that it would repay its federal bailout money, Citigroup and Mr. Pandit, its chief executive, were left in the uncomfortable position of being the last of the Wall Street giants to remain tethered to the state. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/business/04bank.html?th&emc=th
G.M. Asks Its Chief to Resign By BILL VLASIC. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: December 1, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/business/02motors.html?th&emc=th
Housing
October pending home sales rise for ninth straight month to highest level since March 2006. J.W. ELPHINSTONE. Copyright 2009 Associated Press. 11:32 a.m. CST, December 1, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-ap-us-pending-home-sales,0,838554.story
US commercial mortgage default rate at 3.4% By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 1 2009 05:01 | Last updated: December 1 2009 05:01 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/285da848-de1b-11de-b8e2-00144feabdc0.html
U.S. Will Push Mortgage Firms to Reduce More Loan Payments By PETER S. GOODMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: November 28, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/business/economy/29modify.html?th&emc=th
Average rates on 30-year mortgages drop to 4.71 percent, setting new all-time low BY ALAN ZIBEL. Copyright 2009 Associated Press. 11:13 a.m. CST, December 3, 2009. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-ap-us-mortgage-rates,0,7764598.story
Commodities
Gold soars past $1,200 to new record high - Wall Street hits fresh peak for year as traders shrug off jobs data By Jamie Chisholm. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 2 2009 07:07 | Last updated: December 2 2009 16:52. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/gold-soars-past-1200-to-new-record-high.html
GLBT
D.C. council votes for same-sex marriage by Lisa Keen ©2009 Keen News Service. News update Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009 http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=23662
Washington Post Editorial: Washington Post Editorial: Can this marriage be saved? A potential compromise between the District and the Archdiocese is already at work at Georgetown and in San Francisco. Copyright by The Washington Post. Saturday, December 5, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/04/AR2009120404166.html
Web site to out priests who are gay but anti-gay By William Wan. Copyright by The Washington Post. Saturday, December 5, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/04/AR2009120404097.html?hpid=topnews. Editorial comment: I think the time has come to show the catholic Church for what it is—Hypocrites
New York State Senate Votes Down Gay Marriage Bill By JEREMY W. PETERS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 2, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/nyregion/03marriage.html?th&emc=th
New York Times Editorial; Voting for Discrimination. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 2, 2009. The New York State Senate held an emotional debate on Wednesday in which there was talk of belief and conscience and eloquent reminders of earlier civil rights struggles. It then took a stand against equality and fairness. By a 38-to-24 vote, lawmakers chose to continue the state’s discrimination against couples who want to get married and simply happen to be the same sex. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/opinion/03thu2.html?th&emc=th
Gaywatch - Meredith Baxter & New York State Senate http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-december-3-2009/gaywatch---meredith-baxter---new-york-state-senate
Gay, lesbian judges in Cook County note their progress - New alliance is raising profile of gay judges By Steve Schmadeke. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. December 6, 2009. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-gay-judges-bd-06dec06,0,4383922.story
Some black youth feel more at home in Boystown, but get chilly reception. By Dawn Turner Trice. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. November 30, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-trice-30nov30,0,6401978.column
Technology
Don’t Take This Bait (but You’re Safe if You Do) By RANDALL STROSS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: November 28, 2009. THE e-mail message from the bank looks real. It isn’t. Law enforcement agencies that oversee computer security are well versed in the many permutations of “phishing,” the scam in which fraudsters try to lure people to a counterfeit replica of their bank’s Web site, for example, and have them part with their user names and passwords. But even the professionally wary can be gulled — or close to it. Just ask Robert S. Mueller III, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/business/29digi.html?th&emc=th
Comcast Gets NBC From G.E. in Deal That Reshapes TV By TIM ARANGO. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: December 3, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/business/media/04nbc.html?_r=1&hp
Apple Strikes Deal to Buy the Music Start-Up Lala By BRAD STONE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 4, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/05/technology/companies/05apple.html?th&emc=th
Religion
The Marriage-Go-Round - Across the United States, adults are partnering and re-partnering at unprecedented rates. Sociologist Andrew Cherlin is alarmed by the impact this “marriage-go-round” is having on America’s children. By Maria Blackburn. Copyright by The Johns Hopkins University Arts and Sciences Magazine. Fall 2009. http://krieger.jhu.edu/magazine/f09/f1.html
Web site to out priests who are gay but anti-gay By William Wan. Copyright by The Washington Post. Saturday, December 5, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/04/AR2009120404097.html?hpid=topnews. Editorial comment: I think the time has come to show the catholic Church for what it is—Hypocrites
Other
Murdoch calls for relaxation of US rules - Government should allow papers to fail By Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson and Kenneth Li in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 1 2009 20:13 | Last updated: December 1 2009 20:16. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/murdoch-calls-for-relaxation-of-us.html
Dozens of rescued dogs arrive on Long Island. Copyright by The Associated Press. November 29, 2009 7:54 AM http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/11/dozens-of-rescued-dogs-arrive-on-long-island.html
Organizing the Chaos of Online Travel Tips By RIVA RICHMOND. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 2, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/technology/personaltech/03basics.html?th&emc=th
Humor
What's with shoppers being treated like royalty? By Jim Sollisch. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. November 27, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-oped1127kingnov27,0,2841189.story
WEAKLY HUMERUS NEWS 12-05-09 AIMED AT YOUR FUNNY BONE http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/weakly-humerus-news-12-05-09.html
WEAKLY HUMERUS NEWS 12-05-09 TIGER WOODS EDITION AIMED AT YOUR FUNNY BONE http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/weakly-humerus-news-12-05-09-tiger.html
Night Flight A Little Irony http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyQUm0A5QGg&feature=email
Up Time America by Kimberly Alyn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXeCAeACmJE
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“The reasoning in the declaration is so contorted that it brings to mind the dire warnings from years past of what would happen if blacks and whites were allowed to marry -- not to mention similar references to what the Almighty purportedly intended. This sort of comparison irritates many African Americans who oppose same-sex marriage, but I can see no reason why the civil right extended by the Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia (interracial marriage) is any different than the one sought by gays and lesbians. Marriage has certain economic advantages, and to withhold them based on nothing more than religious preference or, at bottom, a certain disgust entrenched in convention, is clearly a civil rights matter. In the end, the courts will decide this question. That's what they're for. It's doubtful that the voters of Virginia would have allowed Mildred and Richard Loving to tie the knot back in 1967 any more than the public in general approves of same-sex marriage today. Such a legal case, spearheaded by the political odd couple of David Boies and Ted Olson, is likely to reach the Supreme Court in the not-too-distant future. Then, I suspect, wedding bells will ring through the land -- and, after a pause, America will wonder what the fuss was all about.” Richard Cohen
A right to say 'I do' By Richard Cohen. Copyright by The Washington Post. Tuesday, December 1, 2009. The truth is that if Maj. Nidal Hasan, the accused killer of 13 people at Fort Hood, had entered the officers club there with a nice handbag on his arm, perhaps a Gucci tote, he would have been out of the Army by the end of the week. Since he was merely antisocial, a misfit, an incompetent psychiatrist and a likely Islamic fanatic, he was retained and promoted. This says something about America. On the subject of gays, we are a tad nuts ourselves. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/30/AR2009113003158.html
International
The Dubai Crisis By PATRICK SEALE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: November 29, 2009. The tragedy of the black hole in Dubai’s finances is that it has dealt a blow not only to its own reputation but to that of the United Arab Emirates — and beyond that to the Arab Gulf as a whole. One might even go so far as to say that it has dealt a painful blow to the entire Arab world. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/opinion/30iht-edseale.html?ref=global
In Wake of Dubai, Trying to Predict the Next Blowup By GRAHAM BOWLEY and CATHERINE RAMPELL. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: November 30, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/business/global/01debt.html?th&emc=th
New York Times Editorial: A Vote for Intolerance. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: November 30, 2009. Disgraceful. That is the only way to describe the success of a right-wing initiative to ban the construction of minarets in Switzerland, where 57 percent of voters cast ballots for a bigoted and mean-spirited measure. Under Switzerland’s system of direct rule, the referendum is binding. Switzerland’s 400,000 or so Muslims, most of whom come from Kosovo and Turkey, are legally barred from building minarets as of now. We can only hope that the ban is quickly challenged, and that the Swiss courts will find a way to get rid of it. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/opinion/01Tue3.html?th&emc=th
Russian news reports: 102 die in nightclub in blast, fire caused by pyrotechnics By JIM HEINTZ. Copyright 2009 Associated Press. 1:35 a.m. CST, December 5, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-eu-russia-nightclub-blast,0,6202318.story
Italian Jury Convicts U.S. Student of Murder By RACHEL DONADIO. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 4, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/05/world/europe/05italy.html?_r=1&hp
Main Paris Museums Closed Due to Strike. Copyright By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: December 2, 2009. Filed at 10:23 a.m. ET http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/12/02/world/AP-EU-France-Museum-Strike.html?ref=global-home
Eurozone unemployment at 11-year high - Employers shed jobs despite signs of recovery By Stanley Pignal in Brussels. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 1 2009 12:39 | Last updated: December 1 2009 12:39. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/eurozone-unemployment-at-11-year-high.html
European Bank Holds Steady on Rate By MATTHEW SALTMARSH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 3, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/business/global/04euro.html?ref=global-home
Japan’s Central Bank Takes Steps to Lift Economy By HIROKO TABUCHI. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 1, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/business/global/02yen.html?ref=global-home
Conservative Appears to Have Won in Honduras By ELISABETH MALKIN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: November 30, 2009. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Porfirio Lobo, a longtime conservative politician, appeared to have won on Sunday in the Honduran presidential election, which many hoped could help the country emerge from the crisis caused by last summer’s coup and end its isolation. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/world/americas/01honduras.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
China
Dangers of an Overheated China By TYLER COWEN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: November 28, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/business/economy/29view.html?hpw
Mess-o-potamia
Obama announces 30,000 additional troops for Afghanistan By William Branigin. Copyright by The Washington Post. Tuesday, December 1, 2009; 9:09 PM. President Obama outlined a plan Tuesday night to speed the deployment of an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan early next year, nearly tripling the force he inherited at the start of his presidency, and then to start withdrawing American personnel in July 2011 as a way to prod the Afghan government to accept greater responsibility for fighting the radical Islamist Taliban movement and securing the country. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/01/AR2009120101231.html?hpid=topnews
Before Audience of Cadets, a Sobering Message of War By ALESSANDRA STANLEY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 2, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/arts/television/02watch.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
McChrystal: Strengthening Afghan forces 'most important thing we do' By Joshua Partlow. Copyright By The Washington Post. Wednesday, December 2, 2009; 9:47 AM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/02/AR2009120200624.html?wpisrc=newsletter
Gates Says Afghan Drawdown Timing Is Flexible By DAVID STOUT. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: December 3, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/world/asia/04policy.html?th&emc=th. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/gates-says-afghan-drawdown-timing-is.html
NATO chief: 25 countries to help in Afghan war By Mary Beth Sheridan. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, December 4, 2009; 9:57 AM. BRUSSELS -- NATO leaders said Friday that 25 countries have pledged to back up the U.S. escalation in Afghanistan with 7,000 extra troops, as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pressed American allies to firm up their commitments. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/04/AR2009120400621.html?hpid=topnews
C.I.A. to Expand Use of Drones in Pakistan By SCOTT SHANE. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: December 3, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/world/asia/04drones.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Pakistan’s Leader, Under Pressure, Cedes Nuclear Office By SABRINA TAVERNISE and DAVID E. SANGER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: November 28, 2009. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — President Asif Ali Zardari has ceded his position in Pakistan’s nuclear command structure to his prime minister, in a sudden political maneuver widely seen as a fresh sign of turmoil on the eve of President Obama’s strategy announcement for the region. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/world/asia/29pstan.html?th&emc=th
Suicide bombers kill 40 at Pakistan mosque By Pamela Constable and Shaiq Hussain. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, December 4, 2009; 10:08 AM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/04/AR2009120400673.html?hpid=topnews
Iran announces plans for 10 new uranium enrichment plants By Thomas Erdbrink. Copyright by The Washington Post. Sunday, November 29, 2009; 12:12 PM. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/29/AR2009112900992.html?hpid=topnews
Britain Says Iran Has Freed Five Detained Sailors By ALAN COWELL. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 2, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/world/middleeast/03sailors.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
Oil Companies Look to the Future in Iraq By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: November 30, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/world/middleeast/01iraqoil.html?hpw
National
Tacoma Suspect Is Killed by Police Officer By WILLIAM YARDLEY and JACK HEALY. Copyright by Reuters. Published: December 1, 2009. SEATTLE — A man suspected of fatally shooting four uniformed police officers was shot and killed early Tuesday by a Seattle police officer who chanced upon him during a routine patrol. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/us/02tacoma.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
New York Times Editorial: No Place for (Registered) Lobbyists. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 3, 2009. The Obama administration has roiled Washington’s special-interest galaxy by deciding to unseat hundreds of registered lobbyists from government advisory boards. A precise roster has yet to be done. But lobbyists clearly should have no place on the more than 915 advisory panels (with 60,000 members) laced across 52 federal agencies that seek “outside” expert advice. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/opinion/04fri4.html?ref=global
House votes to extend tax on wealthy estates By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER. Copyright by The Associated Press. Thursday, December 3, 2009; 2:44 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/03/AR2009120302154.html?hpid=topnews
Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: It's time to give wannabe TV stars a taste of reality. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. November 30, 2009. What's to be done with all these reality TV stars and wannabes littering the American landscape? Jon and Kate were annoying enough, dragging around their eight props -- er, kids. Then there was the balloon boy who wasn't. For several agonizing hours we all thought this 6-year-old kid was flying free above Colorado in a giant balloon, only to learn it was all a hoax by Mom and Dad to "better market" themselves for a reality TV show. And now we have two more aspiring reality TV celebrities, this time crashing a state dinner Tuesday at the White House. http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1911139,CST-EDT-edit_30b.article
Aide: Baucus nominated girlfriend for US attorney By THOMAS PEIPERT. Copyright by The Associated Press. Saturday, December 5, 2009; 11:56 AM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/05/AR2009120500291.html?hpid=topnews
Recount Likely in Atlanta Mayor Race By SHAILA DEWAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 2, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/us/03atlanta.html?hpw
Chelsea Clinton Is Engaged By PETER BAKER. Copyright by Reuters. November 30, 2009, 11:34 AM http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/chelsea-clinton-is-engaged/?ref=global-home
Health Care Reform
Senate health bill gets a boost - Measure wouldn't increase insurance costs for most, CBO says By Lori Montgomery. Copyright by The Washington Post. Tuesday, December 1, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/30/AR2009113004391.html?wpisrc=newsletter
New York Times Editorial; Good News on Premiums. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 3, 2009. The health insurance industry frightened Americans — and gave Republicans a shrill talking point — when it declared in October that proposed reform legislation would drive up insurance costs for virtually everyone by as much as thousands of dollars a year. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office persuasively contradicted that claim this week. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/opinion/04fri1.html?th&emc=th
Reform or Else By PAUL KRUGMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 3, 2009. Health care reform hangs in the balance. Its fate rests with a handful of “centrist” senators — senators who claim to be mainly worried about whether the proposed legislation is fiscally responsible. But if they’re really concerned with fiscal responsibility, they shouldn’t be worried about what would happen if health reform passes. They should, instead, be worried about what would happen if it doesn’t pass. For America can’t get control of its budget without controlling health care costs — and this is our last, best chance to deal with these costs in a rational way. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/opinion/04krugman.html?th&emc=th
New Hopes on Health Care for American Indians By PAM BELLUCK. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 1, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/health/02indian.html?th&emc=th
Health Care
N.I.H. Expands Stem Cells Lines Available for Research By NICHOLAS WADE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 2, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/science/03stem.html?hpw
Abortion Battle Shifts to Clinic in Nebraska By MONICA DAVEY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 3, 2009. BELLEVUE, Neb. — The national battle over abortion, for decades firmly planted outside the Kansas clinic of Dr. George R. Tiller, has erupted here in suburban Omaha, where a longtime colleague has taken up the cause of late-term abortions. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/us/04abortion.html?hpw
When perfume becomes a nuisance (or a health issue) By Susan Carpenter. Copyright © 2009, The Los Angeles Times. November 29, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/style/la-igw-perfumeetiquette29-2009nov29,0,1196014.story
GOP Bashing
A party both united and divided - Opposition to Obama is strong, but Republicans are split on GOP's direction and leaders By Jon Cohen and Dan Balz. Copyright by The Washington Post. Monday, November 30, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/29/AR2009112902935.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter
South Carolina Rift Highlights Debate Over G.O.P. By SHAILA DEWAN. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: November 28, 2009. CHARLESTON, S.C. — When Senator Lindsey Graham joined forces last month with Senator John Kerry on a compromise to the climate change legislation known as cap and trade, it was the last straw for the Charleston County Republican Party. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/us/politics/29senators.html?th&emc=th
Palin needlessly fans 'birther' flames BY ALEX KOPPELMAN. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. December 5, 2009 http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1922654,editorial-palin-fans-birther-flames-120509.article
In wake of Wash. shootings, Huckabee facing hard questions about parole record By Perry Bacon Jr. and Garance Franke-Ruta. Monday, November 30, 2009; 7:09 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/30/AR2009113002017.html?wpisrc=nl_pmpolitics
Invading Iraq was not just a disaster: it was illegal By Johan Steyn. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: November 30 2009 19:56 | Last updated: November 30 2009 19:56. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/invading-iraq-was-not-just-disaster-it.html
Chicagoland
Quinn vs. Hynes: Two very different men BY CAROL MARIN. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. December 5, 2009 http://www.suntimes.com/news/marin/1922527,CST-EDT-carol06.article
Cook County Board votes to cut sales tax despite Stroger plea by Hal Dardick at 10:57 a.m.; last updated at 2:55 p.m. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. December 1, 2009 http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2009/12/cook-county-showdown-on-stroger-tax-veto.html
County board candidates vie for gay vote by Meghan Streit. Copyright by The Windy City Times. 2009-12-02 http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=23694
New area code rings up unexpected charges for some condo boards - Security entrances may need upgrade to cope with '872' By Kristen Mack. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. November 30, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-new-area-codenov30,0,1429175.story
Economy
U.S. Economy Lost Only 11,000 Jobs in November By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ. Copyright by the New York Times. Published: December 4, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/05/business/economy/05jobs.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
Surprising jobs strength provides some promise By Gail MarksJarvis. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. December 5, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/yourmoney/chi-tc-biz-jobs-1204-1205-dec05,0,4676030.column
US factory orders rise in October By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 4 2009 16:01 | Last updated: December 4 2009 16:01. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/us-factory-orders-rise-in-october.html
November retail sales slip 0.3%, a gloomy surprise - 5% to 8% growth originally predicted, after two months of year-over-year gains By Andrea Chang. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. 11:32 a.m. CST, December 3, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-biz-retail-sales-dec3,0,1662775.story
Across U.S., Food Stamp Use Soars and Stigma Fades By JASON DePARLE and ROBERT GEBELOFF. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: November 28, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/us/29foodstamps.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
The right reform for the Fed By Ben Bernanke. Copyright by The Washington Post. Sunday, November 29, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/27/AR2009112702322.html
Washington Post Editorial: Nibbling at Mr. Bernanke - The Fed chairman has earned a second term, whatever his cranky critics think. Copyright by the Washington Post. Friday, December 4, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/03/AR2009120304086.html
Fears grow about overheated US debt market - Controversial financial deals make comeback By Henny Sender in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 1 2009 22:00 | Last updated: December 1 2009 22:00. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/fears-grow-about-overheated-us-debt.html
Treasury secretary challenges Goldman aid claims - Geithner says all banks risked being wiped out By Tom Braithwaite in Washington and Justin Baer in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 5 2009 00:49 | Last updated: December 5 2009 00:49. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/treasury-secretary-challenges-goldman.html
Move to Repay Aid Helps Bank of America Shed Stigma By LOUISE STORY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 2, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/business/03bank.html?th&emc=th
Citigroup Stands Alone By ANDREW MARTIN and ERIC DASH. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: December 3, 2009. Life just got harder for Vikram S. Pandit. A day after Bank of America announced that it would repay its federal bailout money, Citigroup and Mr. Pandit, its chief executive, were left in the uncomfortable position of being the last of the Wall Street giants to remain tethered to the state. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/business/04bank.html?th&emc=th
G.M. Asks Its Chief to Resign By BILL VLASIC. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: December 1, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/business/02motors.html?th&emc=th
Housing
October pending home sales rise for ninth straight month to highest level since March 2006. J.W. ELPHINSTONE. Copyright 2009 Associated Press. 11:32 a.m. CST, December 1, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-ap-us-pending-home-sales,0,838554.story
US commercial mortgage default rate at 3.4% By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 1 2009 05:01 | Last updated: December 1 2009 05:01 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/285da848-de1b-11de-b8e2-00144feabdc0.html
U.S. Will Push Mortgage Firms to Reduce More Loan Payments By PETER S. GOODMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: November 28, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/business/economy/29modify.html?th&emc=th
Average rates on 30-year mortgages drop to 4.71 percent, setting new all-time low BY ALAN ZIBEL. Copyright 2009 Associated Press. 11:13 a.m. CST, December 3, 2009. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-ap-us-mortgage-rates,0,7764598.story
Commodities
Gold soars past $1,200 to new record high - Wall Street hits fresh peak for year as traders shrug off jobs data By Jamie Chisholm. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 2 2009 07:07 | Last updated: December 2 2009 16:52. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/gold-soars-past-1200-to-new-record-high.html
GLBT
D.C. council votes for same-sex marriage by Lisa Keen ©2009 Keen News Service. News update Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009 http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=23662
Washington Post Editorial: Washington Post Editorial: Can this marriage be saved? A potential compromise between the District and the Archdiocese is already at work at Georgetown and in San Francisco. Copyright by The Washington Post. Saturday, December 5, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/04/AR2009120404166.html
Web site to out priests who are gay but anti-gay By William Wan. Copyright by The Washington Post. Saturday, December 5, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/04/AR2009120404097.html?hpid=topnews. Editorial comment: I think the time has come to show the catholic Church for what it is—Hypocrites
New York State Senate Votes Down Gay Marriage Bill By JEREMY W. PETERS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 2, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/nyregion/03marriage.html?th&emc=th
New York Times Editorial; Voting for Discrimination. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 2, 2009. The New York State Senate held an emotional debate on Wednesday in which there was talk of belief and conscience and eloquent reminders of earlier civil rights struggles. It then took a stand against equality and fairness. By a 38-to-24 vote, lawmakers chose to continue the state’s discrimination against couples who want to get married and simply happen to be the same sex. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/opinion/03thu2.html?th&emc=th
Gaywatch - Meredith Baxter & New York State Senate http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-december-3-2009/gaywatch---meredith-baxter---new-york-state-senate
Gay, lesbian judges in Cook County note their progress - New alliance is raising profile of gay judges By Steve Schmadeke. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. December 6, 2009. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-gay-judges-bd-06dec06,0,4383922.story
Some black youth feel more at home in Boystown, but get chilly reception. By Dawn Turner Trice. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. November 30, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-trice-30nov30,0,6401978.column
Technology
Don’t Take This Bait (but You’re Safe if You Do) By RANDALL STROSS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: November 28, 2009. THE e-mail message from the bank looks real. It isn’t. Law enforcement agencies that oversee computer security are well versed in the many permutations of “phishing,” the scam in which fraudsters try to lure people to a counterfeit replica of their bank’s Web site, for example, and have them part with their user names and passwords. But even the professionally wary can be gulled — or close to it. Just ask Robert S. Mueller III, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/business/29digi.html?th&emc=th
Comcast Gets NBC From G.E. in Deal That Reshapes TV By TIM ARANGO. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: December 3, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/business/media/04nbc.html?_r=1&hp
Apple Strikes Deal to Buy the Music Start-Up Lala By BRAD STONE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 4, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/05/technology/companies/05apple.html?th&emc=th
Religion
The Marriage-Go-Round - Across the United States, adults are partnering and re-partnering at unprecedented rates. Sociologist Andrew Cherlin is alarmed by the impact this “marriage-go-round” is having on America’s children. By Maria Blackburn. Copyright by The Johns Hopkins University Arts and Sciences Magazine. Fall 2009. http://krieger.jhu.edu/magazine/f09/f1.html
Web site to out priests who are gay but anti-gay By William Wan. Copyright by The Washington Post. Saturday, December 5, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/04/AR2009120404097.html?hpid=topnews. Editorial comment: I think the time has come to show the catholic Church for what it is—Hypocrites
Other
Murdoch calls for relaxation of US rules - Government should allow papers to fail By Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson and Kenneth Li in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: December 1 2009 20:13 | Last updated: December 1 2009 20:16. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/murdoch-calls-for-relaxation-of-us.html
Dozens of rescued dogs arrive on Long Island. Copyright by The Associated Press. November 29, 2009 7:54 AM http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/11/dozens-of-rescued-dogs-arrive-on-long-island.html
Organizing the Chaos of Online Travel Tips By RIVA RICHMOND. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 2, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/technology/personaltech/03basics.html?th&emc=th
Humor
What's with shoppers being treated like royalty? By Jim Sollisch. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. November 27, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-oped1127kingnov27,0,2841189.story
WEAKLY HUMERUS NEWS 12-05-09 AIMED AT YOUR FUNNY BONE http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/weakly-humerus-news-12-05-09.html
WEAKLY HUMERUS NEWS 12-05-09 TIGER WOODS EDITION AIMED AT YOUR FUNNY BONE http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/12/weakly-humerus-news-12-05-09-tiger.html
Night Flight A Little Irony http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyQUm0A5QGg&feature=email
Up Time America by Kimberly Alyn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXeCAeACmJE
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Author: Borrowing Time: A Latino Sexual Odyssey - Floricanto Press 2003.
Nominated for a Stonewall Award by the American Library Association GLBT
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