The Spilling Fields http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-june-1-2010/the-spilling-fields
Cenac - The Spilling Fields - Oil Leak Containment Ideas http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-june-1-2010/cenac---the-spilling-fields---oil-leak-containment-ideas?xrs=rss_tdsvids
Colbert Report - Up Brit Creek http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/309923/june-01-2010/up-brit-creek
Colbert Report - Crude & Unusual http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/310039/june-03-2010/crude---unusual
“The nation’s political leaders have had a lot to say in recent years about America’s addiction to fossil fuels and the need to find cleaner, more climate-friendly alternatives. In recent weeks, they have had a lot to say about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. On Wednesday, President Obama put them together. In a speech at Carnegie Mellon University, he invoked the spill to pound on Congress about its duty to pass a comprehensive energy bill that addresses oil dependency and global warming. The House has passed such a bill, but a companion measure in the Senate languishes, hostage to solid Republican opposition, exaggerated fears about its costs and timidity on the part of the Democratic leadership. “I will work with anyone from either party to get this done,” he said. Mr. Obama’s task is to follow up that vow with action. We are not optimistic that his implacable Republican opposition will work with him on anything. But perhaps the spreading nightmare on the waters of the gulf will get a few to break with the party line.” New York Times Editorial
New York Times Editorial: The Spill and Energy Bill. Copyright by The New York Times . Published: June 4, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/05/opinion/05sat1.html?th&emc=th
Obama’s opportunity to move US beyond oil By Edward Luce in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: May 31 2010 23:48 | Last updated: May 31 2010 23:48... There is another avenue available. While straining every sinew to contain this disaster, Mr Obama could seize the chance to overhaul America’s energy debate. As Mr Obama himself has made plain, every crisis is an opportunity. This summer may well be his best to move the US towards a future in which oil is a thing of the past. We know Vulcans are intelligent. But are they creative? http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/06/obamas-opportunity-to-move-us-beyond.html
BP ‘not prepared’ for deep-water spill By Ed Crooks in Houston. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: June 2 2010 16:20 | Last updated: June 3 2010 08:55. BP did not have all the equipment needed to stop the leak from its Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico in the aftermath of the explosion on an oil rig six weeks ago, the UK company’s chief executive admitted. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/06/bp-not-prepared-for-deep-water-spill.html
Cleanup Draws Critics Over Speed and Care By LESLIE KAUFMAN and JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 30, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/31/us/31cleanup.html?hpw
U.S. Opens Criminal Inquiry Into Oil Spill By HELENE COOPER and PETER BAKER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: June 1, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/02/us/02spill.html?th&emc=th
Another Torrent BP Works to Stem: Its C.E.O. By JAD MOUAWAD and CLIFFORD KRAUSS. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: June 3, 2010. BP, already bedeviled by an out-of-control well spewing millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, now finds itself with one more problem: Tony Hayward, its gaffe-prone chief executive. Mr. Hayward on YouTube, pledging, “We will make this right.” Among his memorable lines: The spill is not going to cause big problems because the gulf “is a very big ocean” and “the environmental impact of this disaster is likely to have been very, very modest.” And this week, he apologized to the families of 11 men who died on the rig for having said, “You know, I’d like my life back.” http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/us/04image.html?th&emc=th
Cap Is Collecting Oil, but Result of Effort Is Still Unclear By MICHAEL COOPER, PETER BAKER and HENRY FOUNTAIN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: June 4, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/05/us/politics/05obama.html?th&emc=th
Pelicans, Back From Brink of Extinction, Face Oil Threat By JOHN COLLINS RUDOLF and LESLIE KAUFMAN. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: June 4, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/05/us/05pelican.html?hp
International
Japan Elects a New Premier, Fifth in Four Years By MARTIN FACKLER. Copyright by Reuters. Published: June 4, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/05/world/asia/05japan.html?hp
German businesses could steer the country out of the eurozone By Howard Schneider. Copyright by The Washington Post. Saturday, June 5, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/04/AR2010060404815.html?hpid=topnews
Eurozone jobless rise to highest level in decade By Stanley Pignal in Brussels. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: June 1 2010 11:49 | Last updated: June 1 2010 11:49. Unemployment continued to rise in the eurozone in April, to 10.1 per cent, the highest level of joblessness in more than a decade. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/06/eurozone-jobless-rise-to-highest-level.html
India’s economy grows 8.6 per cent By James Lamont in New Delhi. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: May 31 2010 08:00 | Last updated: May 31 2010 11:34. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/05/indias-economy-grows-86-per-cent.html
China
“CHINA HAS BEEN treating its neighbors, and the world, to a demonstration of why its rising power is not necessarily to be welcomed. Though it has become undeniable that its neighbor and client, North Korea, committed an act of war by sinking a South Korean warship in March, Beijing continues to shield the loathsome regime of Kim Jong Il. An authoritative investigation by a multinational commission has produced fragments of the torpedo fired by the North's submarine, yet Chinese officials continue to pretend they don't know the facts of what happened. Their public statements are limited to empty calls for "restraint." Washington Post Editorial
Washington Post Editorial: China's Korea crisis Copyright by The Washington Post . Monday, May 31, 2010. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/30/AR2010053003382.html
China’s Military an Obstacle to Improving Relations, Gates Says By THOM SHANKER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: June 4, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/05/world/asia/05gates.html?hpw
Chinese Edge Toward Supercomputing Record By JOHN MARKOFF. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 30, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/science/01compute.html?hpw
China property risk is worse than in US By Geoff Dyer in Beijing. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: May 31 2010 20:08 | Last updated: May 31 2010 20:08. The problems in China’s housing market are more severe than those in the US before the financial crisis because they combine a potential bubble with the risk of social discontent, according to an adviser to the Chinese central bank. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/06/china-property-risk-is-worse-than-in-us.html
In Leaked Lecture, Details of China’s News Cleanups By ANDREW JACOBS. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: June 3, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/world/asia/04china.html?th&emc=th
Israel
Clusterf#&k to the War House – Korean Peninsula & Middle East http://vodpod.com/watch/3760784-daily-show-clusterfk-to-the-war-house-korean-peninsula-middle-east
“Israel’s government has decided to tough out the criticism of its attack this week on a six-ship flotilla trying to run the Gaza blockade. The story, and the anger, aren’t going away. The news wires on Thursday were filled with pictures of grieving mourners as Turkey held funerals for 8 of the 9 activists killed on the lead ship. Some of the more than 600 activists from 42 countries, released from Israeli detention, are accusing Israel of a litany of abuses. Israel’s charges that its commandos were attacked and shot at by some of the ship’s passengers are being ignored by everyone except its most passionate defenders. We still don’t know what happened on that ship. But we are sure that before things get even more out of control, the world — and Israel — needs an impartial international investigation. Instead of pressing for that, the Obama administration is encouraging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s misguided belief that Israel can lead its own probe with international participation. That is not going to suffice.” New York Times Editorial
New York Times Editorial: A Credible Investigation. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: June 3, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/opinion/04fri3.html?th&emc=th
Israel and the USA, A similar situation like Korea and China By Carlos T Mock, MD. June 2, 2010. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/06/israel-and-usa-similar-situation-like.html
After Flotilla Raid, U.S. Is Torn Between Allies By MARK LANDLER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: June 1, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/02/world/middleeast/02policy.html?th&emc=th
New York Times Editorial: Israel and the Blockade. Copyright by The New York Times . Published: June 1, 2010. The supporters of the Gaza-bound aid flotilla had more than humanitarian intentions. The Gaza Freedom March made its motives clear in a statement before Monday’s deadly confrontation: “A violent response from Israel will breathe new life into the Palestine solidarity movement, drawing attention to the blockade.” There can be no excuse for the way that Israel completely mishandled the incident. A commando raid on the lead, Turkish-flagged ship left nine activists dead and has opened Israel to a torrent of criticism. This is a grievous, self-inflicted wound. It has damaged Israel’s ties with Turkey, once its closest ally in the Muslim world; given the Hamas-led government in Gaza a huge propaganda boost; and complicated peace talks with the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/02/opinion/02wed1.html?th&emc=th
Financial Times Editorial Comment: Israel is lost at sea. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: May 31 2010 19:12 | Last updated: May 31 2010 19:12. With Monday’s brazen act of piracy, Israel dealt a blow to the legitimacy of its own struggle. The killing of activists aboard the captured ships sent Israel’s way of defending its security, which it was already imperative to return within the bounds of international law, hurtling into lawlessness. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/06/financial-times-editorial-comment.html
Washington Post Editorial: The flotilla fiasco Copyright by The Washington Post. Tuesday, June 1, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/31/AR2010053103160.html
Saving Israel From Itself By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: June 2, 2010. When reports first circulated on Twitter of a deadly attack by Israeli commandos on the Gaza flotilla, I didn’t forward them because they seemed implausible. I thought: Israel wouldn’t be so obtuse as to use lethal force on self-described peace activists in international waters with scores of reporters watching. Ah, but it turned out that Israel could be so obtuse after all. It shot itself in the foot, blasting American toes as well, and undermined all of its longer-term strategic objectives. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/opinion/03kristof.html?th&emc=th
Israel Signals New Flexibility on Gaza Shipments By ISABEL KERSHNER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: June 3, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/world/middleeast/04flotilla.html?th&emc=th
Thousands in Turkey Mourn Victims of Israeli Raid By SABRINA TAVERNISE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: June 3, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/world/europe/04turkey.html?th&emc=th
Israeli Military Boards Gaza-Bound Aid Ship By ISABEL KERSHNER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: June 5, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/world/middleeast/06flotilla.html?hpw
The Palestinians cannot be hammered into submission By Philip Stephens. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: June 3 2010 21:11 | Last updated: June 3 2010 21:11. Benjamin Netanyahu’s government sees the world through the prism of force. Only when Israel’s enemies have been crushed will it contemplate talking to them. Power has thus become the enemy rather than an instrument of peace. A rhetorical willingness to negotiate has been emptied of meaning. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/06/palestinians-cannot-be-hammered-into.html
Mess-o-potamia
Strike Is Said to Kill a Top Qaeda Leader By ERIC SCHMITT. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 31, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/world/asia/01qaeda.html?th&emc=th
NATO Has High Hopes for Afghan Peace Council By ALISSA J. RUBIN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 30, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/31/world/asia/31afghan.html?hpw
National
Obama to Name Retired General to Top Spy Post By PETER BAKER and ERIC SCHMITT. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: June 4, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/05/us/politics/05intel.html?th&emc=th
Chicagoland
Real Time With Bill Maher New Rules 5/28/10 http://realtimewithbillmaher.blogspot.com/2010/05/new-rules-52810.html
Tempting Area for Exaggeration Meets Tools of the YouTube Era By ADAM NAGOURNEY. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: June 4, 2010. It happened again. Another candidate for office is struggling to reconcile misleading statements he made about his record in the military. This time, it is Representative Mark Kirk, a Republican from Illinois running for the Senate, apologizing for misleading statements he made about, among other things, serving in the first Iraq war and in Kosovo. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/05/us/politics/05campaign.html?th&emc=th
Chicago Tribune Editorial: Pants on Fire Award. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. 6:55 p.m. CDT, June 1, 2010. The Vice Admiral Rufus L. Taylor Award recognizes "the exceptional achievements of an outstanding Naval Intelligence career professional." It's a big deal. U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, a 21-year Navy reservist, can list it proudly on his resume. Instead, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate has diminished the award — and himself — by misrepresenting it as an even bigger deal: The U.S. Navy's Intelligence Officer of the Year...."I think he's got an honorable record," Giannoulias said. "I don't know why he feels the need to embellish the record and not tell the truth." Neither do we. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-kirk-20100601,0,7271126.story
Kirk apologizes for military embellishment © 2010 United Press International, Inc.. Published: June 3, 2010 at 7:52 PM. Mark Kirk, the Republican congressman running for U.S. Senate in Illinois, apologized Thursday for misstatements about his military record. http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/06/03/Kirk-apologizes-for-military-embellishment/UPI-68361275609156/hment
Mark Kirk - "The Iraqi Air Defense Network was shooting at us" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeFf4JNx3tc&feature=player_embedded
G.O.P. Senate Candidate from Illinois Acknowledges Incorrect Reference to Award By MONICA DAVEY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 29, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/us/politics/30kirk.html?hpw
Chicago Tribune Editorial: The Nov. 2 election. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. May 30, 2010. They are pleasant people, most of these Illinois lawmakers who need to be voted from office. But there is no point to bathing them in soft encouragements, to say they should "summon the courage to act" or "demonstrate true leadership." They've had their chances and flat-out refused to deliver. Their devotion to nothing more noble than their own political survival has become the reason to deprive them of it. Failure can lead to consequences. Intentional failure should. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-state-20100530,0,2734217.story
GOP Bashing
Why I should be the Next President of the USA By Carlos T Mock, MD. May 30, 2010. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/06/why-i-should-be-next-president-of-usa.html
The fake feminism of Sarah Palin By Jessica Valenti. Copyright by the Washington Post. Sunday, May 30, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/28/AR2010052802263.html?hpid=artslot
Beck apologizes for mocking Obama’s daughter. Copyright by CNN News. Posted: May 29th, 2010 04:04 PM ET http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/29/beck-apologizes-for-mocking-obama%E2%80%99s-daughter/?fbid=LpcWLxi1v_4
So You Still Want to Choose Your Senator? By DAVID FIRESTONE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 31, 2010. Few members of the Tea Party have endorsed Rand Paul’s misgivings about the Civil Rights Act of 1964, but a surprising number are calling for the repeal of an older piece of transformative legislation: the 17th Amendment. If you don’t have the Constitution on your smartphone, that’s the one adopted in 1913 that provides for direct popular election of United States senators. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/opinion/01tue4.html?ref=opinion
The Really Creepy People Behind the Libertarian-Inspired Billionaire Sea Castles - The stinking rich are planning billion-dollar luxury liners that keep the land-based Americans they've plundered at a safe distance. By Mark Ames. Copyright by AlterNet. June 2, 2010 http://www.alternet.org/story/147058/the_really_creepy_people_behind_the_libertarian-inspired_billionaire_sea_castles?page=entire
Health Care
The Doctor Will See You Now. Please Log On By MILT FREUDENHEIM. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 28, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/business/30telemed.html?th&emc=th
When Patients Meet Online, Are There Side Effects? By NATASHA SINGER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 28, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/business/30stream.html?th&emc=th
Opponents of Abortion Advance Cause at State Level By JOHN LELAND. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: June 2, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/health/policy/03abortion.html?th&emc=th
Health Care Reform
What's Next for You and Your Doctors - Worried health care reform will cause you to wait for treatment? Don't be. by: Mary A. Fischer. Copyright by AARP The Magazine July/August 2010 issue http://www.aarp.org/health/health-care-reform/info-05-2010/whats-next-for-you-and-your-doctors.html
The Economy
U.S. Stocks Falter; Nasdaq Breaches 200-Day Line By VINCENT MAO. Copyright by THE INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY . June 1, 2010, 05:08 PM ET http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/535891/201006012208/US-Stocks-Falter-Nasdaq-Breaches-200-Day-Line.aspx
The Pain Caucus By PAUL KRUGMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 30, 2010... A similar argument is used to justify fiscal austerity. Both textbook economics and experience say that slashing spending when you’re still suffering from high unemployment is a really bad idea — not only does it deepen the slump, but it does little to improve the budget outlook, because much of what governments save by spending less they lose as a weaker economy depresses tax receipts. And the O.E.C.D. predicts that high unemployment will persist for years. Nonetheless, the organization demands both that governments cancel any further plans for economic stimulus and that they begin “fiscal consolidation” next year. Why do this? Again, to give markets something they shouldn’t want and currently don’t. Right now, investors don’t seem at all worried about the solvency of the U.S. government; the interest rates on federal bonds are near historic lows. And even if markets were worried about U.S. fiscal prospects, spending cuts in the face of a depressed economy would do little to improve those prospects. But cut we must, says the O.E.C.D., because inadequate consolidation efforts “would risk adverse reactions in financial markets.” http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/31/opinion/31krugman.html?th&emc=th
U.S. Adds Jobs in May, but Private Hiring Disappoints By CHRISTINE HAUSER. Copyright by The The New York Times. Published: June 4, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/05/business/economy/05jobs.html?hp
A Jobless Rate Still Unaffected by New Hiring By MOTOKO RICH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: June 3, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/business/economy/04workers.html?th&emc=th
Worries over Hungary drive forint to one-year low By Neil Buckley, East Europe editor. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: June 4 2010 15:19 | Last updated: June 4 2010 15:19. Hungary’s currency fell to a one-year low against the euro on Friday after a senior official warned for the second time in two days about the weakness of its economy and public finances. The forint fell about 2 per cent after Peter Szijjarto, a spokesman for prime minister Viktor Orban, was quoted by news agencies as saying Hungary’s economy was in a grave situation and that a default was a possibility. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/06/worries-over-hungary-drive-forint-to.html
US manufacturers cautious on recovery By Hal Weitzman in Chicago and Jeremy Lemer. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: June 3 2010 23:39 | Last updated: June 3 2010 23:39. When Boeing, the world’s second biggest aircraft-maker, announced this year that it planned to increase production of its 777, 747 and 737 models ahead of schedule, it was a positive sign for global industrial demand. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/06/us-manufacturers-cautious-on-recovery.html
Lawmakers move to toughen ‘Volcker rule’ By Tom Braithwaite in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: June 2 2010 23:10 | Last updated: June 3 2010 01:35... Congressional negotiators are moving to toughen financial reform legislation, raising the chances that banks will face a strict ban on proprietary trading and a new conflict of interest rule, people involved in the deliberations say. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/06/lawmakers-move-to-toughen-volcker-rule.html
G20 to delay tough bank regulations By Chris Giles in Busan. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: June 4 2010 12:59 | Last updated: June 4 2010 15:14. Group of 20 finance ministers are set to delay the implementation of tougher regulations for the world’s banks as splits emerge over the scope of the new regulations. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/06/g20-to-delay-tough-bank-regulations.html
G20 drops support for fiscal stimulus By Chris Giles and Christian Oliver in Busan. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: June 5 2010 11:54 | Last updated: June 5 2010 11:54. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/06/g20-drops-support-for-fiscal-stimulus.html
Offshore Corporate Tax Havens: Why Are They Still Allowed? By Arianna Huffington. Copyright by The Huffington Post. Posted: June 1, 2010 06:34 PM http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/offshore-corporate-tax-ha_b_596753.html?ref=email_share
Your Money
Credit cards reward the smartest users - Pay your bill monthly and gain more than a free loan By Jim Gallagher, McClatchy. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. June 6, 2010. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sc-cons-money-0603-credit-card-20100603-15,0,1012730.story
Commodities
Despite U.S. deficit concerns, investors still pour money into Treasury bonds By Neil Irwin. Copyright by The Washington Post. Tuesday, June 1, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/31/AR2010053103456.html?hpid=topnews
Housing
Owners Stop Paying Mortgages, and Stop Fretting By DAVID STREITFELD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 31, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/business/01nopay.html?th=&adxnnl=1&emc=th&adxnnlx=1275400827-oWVodUTbD3jlUhnexGcXyw
US pending home sales jump in April By Simone Baribeau in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: June 2 2010 15:55 | Last updated: June 2 2010 15:55. Pending home sales in the US jumped 6 per cent in April as homebuyers took advantage of a popular tax credit ahead of its April 30 expiration. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/06/us-pending-home-sales-jump-in-april.html
Travel
“It would be nice if airlines would commit on their own to treat their passengers right: ensuring, at a minimum, that if you buy a ticket you get a seat and have a reasonable expectation of reaching your destination on time and with your luggage. In today’s world — where air travel is more of an ordeal than an adventure — this is, unfortunately, not the case. The Obama administration’s new consumer protections for beleaguered airline passengers — including higher compensation for travelers bumped from oversold flights and prominent disclosure of all service fees — are much needed.” New York Times Editorial
New York Times Editorial: We Might Decide to Fly. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: June 3, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/opinion/04fri1.html?th&emc=th
U.S. Proposes Rules on Airline Tickets and Fees. Copyright By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: June 2, 2010. Airline passengers would receive as much as $1,300 for being bumped from a flight and would have 24 hours to cancel reservations without penalty under a series of consumer measures proposed Wednesday by the Obama administration. Currently, airlines must pay up to $800. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/business/03air.html?hp
Summer of Full Flights and High Fares By JANE L. LEVERE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 31, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/business/01summer.html?th&emc=th
Religion
Pope Names Team to Investigate Abuse in Ireland By RACHEL DONADIO. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 31, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/world/europe/01vatican.html?th&emc=th
Prospective Catholic Priests Face Sexuality Hurdles By PAUL VITELLO. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 30, 2010. Every job interview has its awkward moments, but in recent years, the standard interview for men seeking a life in the Roman Catholic priesthood has made the awkward moment a requirement. “When was the last time you had sex?” all candidates for the seminary are asked. (The preferred answer: not for three years or more.) http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/31/nyregion/31gay.html?hpw
Science
New York Times Editorial: One Cell Forward. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 28, 2010. In a recent issue of Science magazine, the genome pioneer Craig Venter announced that he and scientists at the J. Craig Venter Institute had created a “synthetic cell.” Mr. Venter heralded it as “the first self-replicating species we’ve had on the planet whose parent is a computer” and said it could allow humans to create new vaccines and biofuels using artificial microbes. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/opinion/30sun3.html?th&emc=th
Legal
New York Times Editorial: Speaking Up to Stay Silent Copyright by The New York Times . Published: June 1, 2010... The court’s 5-to-4 opinion in the case of Berghuis v. Thompkins said that a suspect who wants the police to stop an interrogation must explicitly invoke the right to remain silent. Otherwise, Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the majority, the questioning can continue. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/02/opinion/02wed2.html?th&emc=th
David Souter vs. the Antonin Scalias By E.J. Dionne Jr. Copyright by The Washington Post. Thursday, June 3, 2010. It should become the philosophical shot heard 'round the country. In a remarkable speech that received far too little attention, former Supreme Court justice David Souter took direct aim at the conservatives' favorite theory of judging. Souter's verdict: It "has only a tenuous connection to reality." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/02/AR2010060203496.html
Immigration
Bill Maher's final new rule on 5-07-10- illegal immigration http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_fwNN_Pyyw
Foes and Supporters of New Immigration Law Gather in Arizona By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 29, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/us/30immig.html?th&emc=th
Ariz gov. bypasses attorney general on immigration lawsuits. Copyright By CNN News. May 29, 2010 3:45 p.m. EDT. Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona has bypassed Attorney General Terry Goddard and will rely on other lawyers to defend the state against lawsuits challenging its controversial law targeting illegal immigration, according to a statement. The legislature gave Brewer the power to hire outside counsel "because of its lack of confidence in the Attorney General's willingness to vigorously defend" the law, she said in the statement. http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/05/29/arizona.immigration.attorney.general/index.html?hpt=T2
Immigration Debate Defines Race in California By ADAM NAGOURNEY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: June 4, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/05/us/05calif.html?th&emc=th
GLBT
What’s wrong with the GLBT Movement? By Carlos T Mock, MD Copyright by Ambiente Magazine, June Issue http://www.ambiente.us/06010CTMock.html
DADT: Compromise, Faith and Full Equality by David Mixner. Copyright by David Mixner. May 25 2010 http://www.davidmixner.com/2010/05/dadt-compromise-faith-and-full-equality.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DavidMixnerCom+%28DavidMixner.com%29
DADT: Muddy Waters by David Mixner. Copyright by David Mixner. May 26 2010 http://www.davidmixner.com/2010/05/dadt-muddy-waters.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DavidMixnerCom+%28DavidMixner.com%29
Repealing 'don't ask': History or hysteria? By Carolyn Lochhead. Copyright by The San Francisco Chronicle. Monday, May 31, 2010 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2010%2F05%2F30%2FMNJQ1DM6GQ.DTL
John McCain: Filibuster to Stop ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Repeal? by Eve Conant. May 27, 2010. Copyright by Newsweek http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/the-gaggle/2010/05/27/john-mccain-filibuster-to-stop-don-t-ask-don-t-tell-repeal-.html
McCain Circulates Service Chiefs Letter Urging Congress to Hold Off on DADT Repeal Vote, While Mullen Stresses 'Moral Courage' Copyright by Towleroad. June 1, 2010 http://www.towleroad.com/2010/05/mullen.html
Top officer talks change as gay ban vote nears By KRISTEN WYATT. Copyright © 2010 The Associated Press http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gO1CkBTvEmlL-47kgdQgkIHd6sFAD9FUMSR00
Gay? Whatever, Dude By CHARLES M. BLOW. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: June 4, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/05/opinion/05blow.html?th&emc=th Editorial comment: I did not make the author’s name up!
GetEQUAL co-founder arrested at Obama event by Rex Wockner. Copyright by Rex Wockner and Windy City Times. 2010-06-02 http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=26755
Technology
Colbert Report - Who's Riding My Coattails Now? - iPad Suit Pocket http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/310041/june-03-2010/who-s-riding-my-coattails-now----ipad-suit-pocket
Apple sells 2m iPads in two months By Joseph Menn in San Francisco. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: May 31 2010 20:56 | Last updated: May 31 2010 20:56. A strong international debut for Apple ’s iPad had lifted sales of the tablet computer to 2m since its US launch two months ago, the company said, a rate exceeding the most recent public figures for its flagship Mac laptop and desktop computers. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/06/apple-sells-2m-ipads-in-two-months.html
Appholes http://www.thedailyshow.com/collection/309080/the-daily-show-s-best-apple-moments/307953
Steve Jobs Muses on All Things Apple By MIGUEL HELFT. Copyright by The New York Times. June 2, 2010, 12:04 am http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/02/steve-jobs-muses-on-all-things-apple/?th&emc=th
Heaviest Users of Phone Data Will Pay More By MATT RICHTEL. Copyright by Bloomberg News. Published: June 2, 2010. They spend hours watching video on their phones, downloading songs, browsing the Web, sending photos to friends and generally using mobile devices as full-fledged computers. They are the data hogs. On Wednesday, AT&T pulled away the trough. And other wireless carriers could do the same. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/technology/03phone.html?th&emc=th
AT&T's New iPhone Data Plans: Pros and Cons By Ian Paul. Copyright by PC World. Jun 4, 2010 11:02 am. The discussion continues around AT&T's new tiered data plans for the iPhone, and whether AT&T's decision will significantly impact how new iPhone owners use their device. http://www.pcworld.com/article/197992/atandts_new_iphone_data_plans_pros_and_cons.html
Skype for iPhone now supports 3G, but free ride's ending By Ben Patterson. Copyright by Yahoo News. June 3, 2010 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc2393
Google to hand over intercepted data By Maija Palmer and Lionel Barber in London. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: June 3 2010 23:04 | Last updated: June 3 2010 23:04. Google will begin handing over to European regulators the rogue data it intercepted from private WiFi internet connections within the next two days, in an effort to defuse growing controversy over its latest privacy blunder. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/06/google-to-hand-over-intercepted-data.html
Google ditches Windows on security concerns By David Gelles and Richard Waters in San Francisco. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: May 31 2010 23:26 | Last updated: May 31 2010 23:26. Google is phasing out the internal use of Microsoft’s ubiquitous Windows operating system because of security concerns, according to several Google employees. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/06/google-ditches-windows-on-security.html
Microsoft chief defends Windows’ future By Joseph Menn in Los Angeles. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: June 3 2010 20:17 | Last updated: June 3 2010 20:17. Steve Ballmer, chief executive of Microsoft, on Thursday gave a spirited defence of the software company’s strategy and the future of its Windows operating system, following an assertion from Steve Jobs earlier in the week that personal computers that run it are in permanent decline. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/06/microsoft-chief-defends-windows-future.html
H.P. Will Cut 9,000 Jobs as It Streamlines Its Data Centers By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: June 1, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/02/technology/02hewlett.html?th&emc=th
Education
Placing the Blame as Students Are Buried in Debt By RON LIEBER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: May 28, 2010. Like many middle-class families, Cortney Munna and her mother began the college selection process with a grim determination. They would do whatever they could to get Cortney into the best possible college, and they maintained a blind faith that the investment would be worth it. Today, however, Ms. Munna, a 26-year-old graduate of New York University, has nearly $100,000 in student loan debt from her four years in college, and affording the full monthly payments would be a struggle. For much of the time since her 2005 graduation, she’s been enrolled in night school, which allows her to defer loan payments. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/29/your-money/student-loans/29money.html?hpw
Other
WEAKLY HUMERUS NEWS 06-05-10 AIMED AT YOUR FUNNY BONE http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/06/weakly-humerus-news-06-05-10-aimed-at.html
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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
Round Table.
Author: The Mosaic Virus – Floricanto Press 2007. Nominated for a Stonewall Award by the American Library Association GLBT Round Table, and a Lammie from The Lambda Literary Foundation
Author: Author: Papi Chulo – Floricanto Press 2007. Nominated for a Stonewall Award by the American Library Association GLBT Round Table, and a Lammie from The Lambda Literary Foundation
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