“Obama was celebrating his first 100 days in office. George Bush was president for eight years and never spent close to 100 days in office.” Jay Leno
Financial Times Editorial Comment: Obama’s hundred days of ambition. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 29 2009 19:00 | Last updated: April 29 2009 19:00. Barack Obama’s presidency is off to an impressive start. Far from seeming daunted by the economic conditions he inherited from his predecessor, Mr Obama has maintained the posture, so familiar from his election campaign, of purposeful energy, steady calm and preternatural self-confidence. Polls say he continues to enjoy strong personal support. Although his policies are a little less widely admired, the country is behind him and wants him to succeed. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3c468b42-34e6-11de-940a-00144feabdc0.html
New York Times Editorial: One Hundred. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 28, 2009. Crises, not days, is the first word that comes to mind when we think about the number 100 and Barack Obama’s presidency. The list of failed policies and urgent threats bequeathed to him by former President George W. Bush could easily be that long. In his first 14 weeks plus two days, President Obama has made a strong start at addressing many of the most critical ones. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/29/opinion/29wed1.html?_r=1&ref=global
Obama injects message of hope into 100-day speech. He uses a prime-time news conference to lay out the range of serious problems facing his administration and the nation, calling for patience and asserting again that 'America will see a better day.' By Peter Nicholas and Christi Parsons. Copyright © 2009, The Los Angeles Times. April 30, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-na-obama-press30-2009apr30,0,7779358.story
International
“Over 100 countries agreed on a U. N. declaration to combat intolerance worldwide — unless it's aimed at Miss California.” Todd Long
North Korea threatens fresh nuclear tests By Christian Oliver in Seoul. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 29 2009 09:36 | Last updated: April 29 2009 09:58 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2043629c-3498-11de-940a-00144feabdc0.html
Medvedev seen as potential spoiler to Putin By Charles Clover in Moscow. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 1 2009 15:45 | Last updated: May 1 2009 17:12. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s growing political stature is increasing the possibility that he will stand for re-election in 2012 in spite of assumptions that those polls would see Vladimir Putin’s return, according to a top Kremlin adviser. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0e7c4672-363d-11de-af40-00144feabdc0.html
Eurozone economic confidence rebounds By Ralph Atkins in Frankfurt. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 29 2009 11:04 | Last updated: April 29 2009 11:04 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/305f3ed8-349f-11de-940a-00144feabdc0.html
Deutsche Bank back in black By James Wilson in Frankfurt. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 28 2009 07:51 | Last updated: April 28 2009 13:30. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a0a53386-33bf-11de-83af-00144feabdc0.html
Japan edges back into deflation By Michiyo Nakamoto in Tokyo. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 1 2009 03:44 | Last updated: May 1 2009 08:38 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ba75d7c0-35f9-11de-a997-00144feabdc0.html
Japan predicts record fall in output By Michiyo Nakamoto in Tokyo. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 27 2009 05:30 | Last updated: April 27 2009 19:24 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c4342f9c-32e2-11de-8116-00144feabdc0.html
May Day protests intensify in Europe By Peggy Hollinger and Esther Bintliff in Paris and Chris Bryant in Berlin. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 1 2009 11:46 | Last updated: May 2 2009 00:01 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2f852eec-363d-11de-af40-00144feabdc0.html
Strong quake sways tall buildings, adds to swine flu anxiety in already-tense Mexico City By PAUL HAVEN. Copyright 2009 Associated Press. 3:46 PM CDT, April 27, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-lt-mexico-earthquake,0,5205443.story
China
“The economy is bad. It's so bad, third graders in China are being forced to take second jobs.” Jay Leno
Chinese face rising cost of dying By Jamil Anderlini in Shanghai. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 27 2009 18:37 | Last updated: April 27 2009 18:37. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cbc29a3c-3350-11de-8f1b-00144feabdc0.html
Mess-o-potamia
“In a new interview, Iranian President Ahmadinejad complained Obama's not returning his messages. Hello — maybe he's just not that into you.” Craig Ferguson
Second hardliner in Iran presidential race By Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 30 2009 15:43 | Last updated: April 30 2009 15:43. Mohsen Rezaei, former commander of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards, has announced his intention to run for president, underlining the failure of Iran’s fundamentalists to reach a consensus candidate. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8e5cc668-3594-11de-a997-00144feabdc0.html
Pakistan Sends Troops Into District Taken by Taliban By CARLOTTA GALL. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: April 28, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/29/world/asia/29pstan.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
Baghdad Is Shaken by a Series of Bombs By SAM DAGHER and SUADAD AL-SALHY. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: April 29, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/30/world/middleeast/30iraq.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
National
“President Obama's budget was passed by the Democrats in Congress Wednesday. It puts the country four trillion dollars in debt. It's hard to believe Nancy Reagan was nearly run out of the White House twenty-five years ago just for borrowing dresses.” Argus Hamilton
Congress approves $3,400bn budget By Andrew Ward in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 30 2009 03:06 | Last updated: April 30 2009 03:06. Congress on Wednesday passed a $3,400bn budget resolution that laid the foundation for healthcare reform and a series of other Democratic policy goals, handing President Barack Obama a key victory on his 100th day in office. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8f7b025a-3524-11de-940a-00144feabdc0.html
Financial Times Editorial Comment: Prosecuting torture. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 27 2009 20:28 | Last updated: April 27 2009 20:28. Hard though it is to believe, Barack Obama may be facing an issue with bigger consequences for the US than any already on his desk: whether officials from the previous administration – perhaps up to and including George W. Bush – should be prosecuted for violating domestic and international laws on torture. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c8a2aa08-3360-11de-8f1b-00144feabdc0.html
Washington Post Editorial: More Souters - The qualities President Obama should seek in filling the shoes of a fine justice. Copyright by The Washington Post. Saturday, May 2, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/01/AR2009050103445.html
Souter Reportedly Planning to Retire From High Court - Justice Might Stay Until Nominee Confirmed By Robert Barnes. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, May 1, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/30/AR2009043004361.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter
The FCC's F-word: Freedom By Steve Chapman. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. April 30, 2009. Anyone who has ever dealt with attorneys has come to the realization that the law does not always make perfect sense. Even so, it comes as at least a mild surprise to find the U.S. Supreme Court cheerfully authorizing the government to engage in censorship, as it did this week. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped0430chapmanapr30,0,3178237.column
GOP Whacking
“This really is big, because Specter's move puts the Democrats within a hair's breath of a unfilibusterable 60-seat Senate majority. So now it appears the Senate's balance of power, in many respects, the future of our nation is in the hands of Al Franken.” Jon Stewart
G.O.P. Debate: A Broader Party or a Purer One? By ADAM NAGOURNEY and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN. Published: April 29, 2009. WASHINGTON — A fundamental debate broke out among Republicans on Wednesday over how to rebuild the party in the wake of Senator Arlen Specter’s departure: Should it purge moderate voices like Mr. Specter and embrace its conservative roots or seek to broaden its appeal to regain a competitive position against Democrats? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/30/us/politics/30repubs.html?th&emc=th
Specter's Departure a Wake Up Call for GOP By Dan Balz. Copyright by The Washington Post. April 28, 2009 http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/04/28/specters_departure_a_wake_up_c.html?hpid=topnews
We Didn’t Have to Lose Arlen Specter By SENATOR OLYMPIA SNOWE, R, MAINE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 28, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/29/opinion/29snowe.html?ref=global
Torture by any other description by Kathleen Parker. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. April 27, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped0427parker_mdapr27,0,7262237.column
The real reason for torture By Steve Chapman. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. Originally posted: April 27, 2009 9:11 AM. The debate over the use of torture to interrogate suspected terrorists raises some difficult moral questions. Having written many times in opposition to it, though, I find little evidence that its supporters care about those issues. A sensible, humane person could say: "Torture is tragically necessary in some instances to save innocent lives, but it is a terrible thing for a government to engage in; it must be subject to strict safeguards, and it must be used only when the information needed is vital to avert disaster, time is of the essence or other methods have been exhausted." But its defenders, many of whom I have heard from, never sound like that. http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/steve_chapman/2009/04/the-real-reason-for-torture.html
New York Times Editorial: When Israel Confronted and Rejected Torture. By SERGE SCHMEMANN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 30, 2009. Reading about the Bush administration’s convoluted attempts to justify torture takes me back to reporting I did 12 years ago on the anguished debate in Israel over its secret service’s use of violence in interrogations. That was two years before the Israeli Supreme Court banned the practice. “This is the destiny of democracy, as not all means are acceptable to it and not all practices employed by its enemies are open before it,” wrote the president of the court, Aharon Barak. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/01/opinion/01fri4.html?th&emc=th
CIA official: No proof harsh techniques stopped terror attacks on America Mark Seibel and Warren P. Strobel. Copyright by McClatchy Newspapers. April 27, 2009 http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/04/cia-official-no-proof-harsh-techniques.html
Survey: Support for terror suspect torture differs among the faithful. Copyright by CNN News. April 30, 2009. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The more often Americans go to church, the more likely they are to support the torture of suspected terrorists, according to a new survey. http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/30/religion.torture/index.html
Cheney's tortured argument By Clarence Page. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. April 29, 2009. What a difference an election makes. Our national position has now shifted from "we don't torture" to "we don't torture anymore." Let us, then, disabuse ourselves of former President George W. Bush's notion that waterboarding and the other so-called "harsh" or "enhanced" interrogation techniques are anything but torture. Euphemism is the first refuge of scoundrels -- and the desperate. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped0429pageapr29,0,542921.column
Chicagoland
“A federal judge has refused to give former Gov. Rod Blagojevich permission to travel to Costa Rica to appear in a reality show. He pretty much told him, "You're Not a Celebrity and You're Not Getting Out of Here." Doug Austen
Chicago Tribune Editorial - Legalize civil unions. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. April 27, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/chi-0427edit1apr27,0,3301225.story
Whose liberty? A law that makes sense for altar-bound adults By Geoffrey R. Stone. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. April 26, 2009. The Illinois legislature will soon act on the Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act, which would legally recognize civil unions in our state. The legislation provides that "persons entering into a civil union" will have "the same obligations, responsibilities, protections and benefits" as married persons. Civil unions would be available to adults "of either the same or opposite sex." Traditional "marriage," however, would remain available only to persons of the opposite sex. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-perspec0426stoneapr26,0,7595570.story
Chicago Sun-Times Editorial - Time to stand up to end corruption - An occasional series on fixing our politics and government. Copyright by the Chicago Sun-Times
April 29, 2009. People of Illinois, are you tired of being the laughingstock of the nation when it comes to political corruption? http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1549335,CST-EDT-edit29a.article
Art Institute's new wing a modern test of the times -= Museum confident in success of $283 million new wing despite economy, admission fee increase By Mark Caro. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. April 27, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0427-artinstituteapr27,0,3713961.story
Your Lack of Money
“Americans are becoming more optimistic about the nation's economy, a new survey showed Wednesday. This explains why Fox News didn't carry the Obama news conference. No need to alarm Republicans.” Joe Hickman
Consumer confidence surges in April By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 28 2009 14:38 | Last updated: April 28 2009 15:57. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/07b8662e-33ed-11de-9eea-00144feabdc0.html
Glimmers of hope on US economy By Sarah O’Connor in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 1 2009 16:20 | Last updated: May 1 2009 16:20. The US manufacturing sector is still shrinking but at a much slower pace, a key survey showed on Friday, while battered US consumers started to feel more confident about the economy. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c6316d1e-3661-11de-af40-00144feabdc0.html
Money market rates continue to fall By David Oakley, Capital Markets Correspondent. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 28 2009 15:14 | Last updated: April 28 2009 17:05. Money market rates have fallen sharply since the start of April, amid increasing signs that banks are starting to lend to each other. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/af0243c8-33fc-11de-9eea-00144feabdc0.html
US personal income and spending slide- New jobless claims eased last week By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 30 2009 16:22 | Last updated: April 30 2009 16:22 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/afca7b6a-3599-11de-a997-00144feabdc0.html
US economy shrinks 6.1% By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 29 2009 13:59 | Last updated: April 29 2009 15:04 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/06299c8e-3437-11de-9eea-00144feabdc0.html
New York Times Editorial: The Chrysler Bankruptcy. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 30, 2009. When President Obama outlined his plan to restructure Chrysler under bankruptcy-court protection, we shared his view that keeping a company “afloat on an endless supply of tax dollars” was no solution to the cratering of even iconic American companies. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/01/opinion/01fri1.html?th&emc=th
Obama Brings a Hands-On Style to Details, Big and Small By PETER BAKER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 30, 2009. AS he thrust Chrysler into bankruptcy on Thursday, President Obama stopped to make a commercial message to his national audience. The latest on President Obama, the new administration and other news from Washington and around the nation. “If you are considering buying a car,” he said as cameras carried his words live, “I hope it will be an American car.” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/01/us/politics/01obama.html?th&emc=th
Obama plots path for Chrysler’s future By John Reed in London and Tom Braithwaite in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 30 2009 14:12 | Last updated: April 30 2009 18:19 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/76ccd92c-3588-11de-a997-00144feabdc0.html
Chrysler files for Chapter 11 protection By Tom Braithwaite in Washington and John Reed in London. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 30 2009 14:12 | Last updated: April 30 2009 19:49 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/76ccd92c-3588-11de-a997-00144feabdc0.html
Chrysler filing sets up legal battle By Julie MacIntosh, Henny Sender and Nicole Bullock in New York and Tom Braithwaite in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 30 2009 19:05 | Last updated: May 1 2009 00:08 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9ab3490e-35ae-11de-a997-00144feabdc0.html
GM bondholders launch counter-offer By John Reed in London. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 30 2009 14:24 | Last updated: April 30 2009 16:25. General Motors’ bondholders on Thursday launched a counter-offer to the carmaker’s debt exchange proposal made earlier this week that would see them claim majority control of the company, but the US federal government hold no shares. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c0f4b0fc-3587-11de-a997-00144feabdc0.html
Bank objections delay stress tests By Francesco Guerrera in New York and Sarah O’Connor in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 1 2009 20:15 | Last updated: May 2 2009 02:44. US regulators will delay the release of stress test results for the country’s 19 biggest banks until next Thursday, after some lenders, including Citigroup and Bank of America, objected to government demands that they needed to raise billions in fresh capital. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ca1da116-3681-11de-af40-00144feabdc0.html
Citigroup scrambles to raise capital By Francesco Guerrera in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 28 2009 19:20 | Last updated: April 29 2009 00:29. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f1bcd8f0-341e-11de-9eea-00144feabdc0.html
Bank of America Chief Ousted as Chairman By LOUISE STORY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 29, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/30/business/30bank.html?th&emc=th
Buffett faces a grilling from investors By Francesco Guerrera and Justin Baer in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 30 2009 19:21 | Last updated: April 30 2009 19:21. Warren Buffett will be under pressure at Saturday’s annual gathering of faithful shareholders to explain his worst year ever, with the usually adoring crowd set to probe the legendary investor on his bargain-hunting strategy, succession plans and views of the crisis. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5cfe7cb2-35b0-11de-a997-00144feabdc0.html
MasterCard hit by fall in credit card spending By Saskia Scholtes in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: May 1 2009 17:11 | Last updated: May 1 2009 17:11. MasterCard, the world’s second largest electronic payments processor, on Friday said first quarter profits fell 18 per cent on the back of a stronger US dollar and a sharp drop in US credit card spending. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/398328f6-3668-11de-af40-00144feabdc0.html
Commodities
High-yield bonds feel thaw By Aline van Duyn and Nicole Bullock. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 27 2009 19:24 | Last updated: April 27 2009 19:24. The US high-yield market is finally starting to show signs of thawing. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a86f45e4-3355-11de-8f1b-00144feabdc0.html
Fed study puts ideal US interest rate at -5% By Krishna Guha in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 27 2009 03:06 | Last updated: April 27 2009 03:06 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/37877644-32c9-11de-8116-00144feabdc0.html
Housing
Home sales in Chicago area start to show more signs of life - Optimism grows as sales increase slightly, median price up from previous month By Mary Ellen Podmolik. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. April 26, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-sun-housing-optimism-0426-apr26,0,3752998.story
GLBT
“Miss California Pageant officials admitted Thursday that they paid for breast implants for Miss California Carrie Prejean to help her win the Miss USA pageant. Their little plan backfired. Just her luck, she got a gay judge who only looked at her shoes.” Argus Hamilton
Chicago Free Press Editorial: Miss California and Mr. Obama? Copyright by The Chicago Free Press. April 29, 2009. It’s hard to imagine that Carrie Prejean—the current Miss California whose answer to Perez Hilton’s question about gay marriage riled up Hiton and many others in the media—and Barack Obama have that much in common. http://www.chicagofreepress.com/node/3436
Pride 2009 - official video release http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEpqTIolLps
Quigley shows commitment to GLBT issues By Amy Wooten. Copyright by The Chicago Free Press. April 29, 2009. Shortly after new Congressman Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) was sworn into office, the longtime GLBT ally put to action his promise to fight for equality. On April 22, Quigley co-sponsored his first bill, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009. http://www.chicagofreepress.com/node/3427
In Military, New Debate Over Policy Toward Gays By ELISABETH BUMILLER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 30, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/01/us/politics/01military.html?th&emc=th
Chicago Sun-Times Editorial - The photo is not the problem. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. April 30, 2009. A photo of two women kissing, which ran on the front page of Tuesday's Sun-Times, offended many readers, perhaps including you. We received plenty of calls and e-mails. http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1550990,CST-EDT-edit30b.article
Update: 260+ same-sex couples apply for marriage licenses; most in Polk Co. BY TONY LEYS, REID FORGRAVE AND GRANT SCHULTE • TLEYS@DMREG.COM. Copyright by The Des Moines Register. APRIL 27, 2009 http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090427/NEWS/90427003
A Quiet Day in Iowa as Same-Sex Couples Line Up to Marry By MONICA DAVEY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 27, 2009. DES MOINES — In a way, life looked unexpectedly ordinary here on Monday as Iowa began allowing same-sex couples to marry. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/us/28marriage.html?th&emc=th
Gay marriage in Iowa: Court ruling gives hope that Illinois could follow - Many gays, lesbians willing to wait, rather than rushing to Iowa to wed By Rex W. Huppke. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. April 29, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-gay-marriage-illinois-29-apr29,0,7527686.story
Marriage Bill Poses a Test of Loyalties: Church vs. State By JEREMY W. PETERS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 26, 2009. It was just three days after Gov. David A. Paterson introduced a bill that would allow same-sex couples to marry, and the Rev. Floyd H. Flake had some thoughts for any lawmaker who wanted to change New York’s definition of marriage. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/nyregion/27smith.html?th&emc=th
Stacking the deck on gay marriage By Steve Chapman. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. April 26, 2009. The country used to be unanimous in rejecting gay marriage. But that consensus, like the polar ice sheets, is showing some cracks. Vermont recently became the fourth state to allow gays to wed, and New York may be next. Elsewhere, marriage remains as Miss California prefers -- solely between a man and a woman. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped0426chapman_mdapr26,0,3675007.column
HANDLING THE AFFAIRS OF AN ESTATE WHEN SOMEONE DIES by Roger V. McCaffrey-Boss. Copyright by Gay Chicago Magazine and Roger V. McCaffrey-Boss. April 30-May 5, 2009 http://www.gaychicagomagazine.com/advice/legallyspeaking.shtml
Technical
U.S. Steps Up Effort on Digital Defensesy By DAVID E. SANGER, JOHN MARKOFF and THOM SHANKER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 27, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/us/28cyber.html?th&emc=th
Time Warner Is Moving Closer to AOL Spinoff By TIM ARANGO. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 29, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/30/business/media/30warner.html?th&emc=th
Medical
“Doctors say that the swine flu can be treated with Tamiflu and Relenza. Awesome! Now, I have to find a way to cross to Mexico and buy them cheaper there.” Pedro Bartes
Financial Times Editorial Comment: Plan for pandemic but avoid panic Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 27 2009 20:16 | Last updated: April 27 2009 20:16 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d115adfe-335e-11de-8f1b-00144feabdc0.html
Tests show fewer swine flu deaths © Reuters Limited. May 2, 2009. MEXICO CITY, May 2 - New laboratory data showed fewer people have died in Mexico than first thought from a new influenza strain, a glint of good news for a world rattled by the threat of a flu pandemic. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c4b5e822-3718-11de-b1f7-00144feabdc0.html
WHO warns of ‘imminent’ flu pandemic By Harvey Morris in New York, James Boxell in London, Frances Williams in Geneva and agency. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 29 2009 11:40 | Last updated: April 30 2009 16:05 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/95684290-349d-11de-940a-00144feabdc0.html
UCF Research Re-awakens Old Genes to Help in Fight Against HIV By Zenaida Gonzalez Kotala. April 28, 2009. Copyright by UCF Newsroom. A new vaginal cream containing a re-awakened protein could someday prevent the transmission of HIV. http://news.ucf.edu/UCFnews/index?page=article&id=00240041339c48b30120a92dbf2f00726c
FDA announces recall of Hydroxycut, used by dieters and body builders, for health risks By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR. Copyright 2009 Associated Press. 9:44 AM CDT, May 2, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-ap-us-med-diet-pill-recall,0,5582325.story
Chicago Sun-Times Editorial - Patients deserve right to medical marijuana. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. April 28, 2009. In Illinois, people who suffer from cancer and smoke marijuana to stem their nausea, reduce their pain or improve their appetite -- well, those folks are criminals. http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1546659,CST-EDT-edit28a.article
Drugs in Portugal: Did Decriminalization Work? By Maia Szalavitz. Copyright by Time Magazine. Sunday, Apr. 26, 2009. Pop quiz: Which European country has the most liberal drug laws? (Hint: It's not the Netherlands.) Although its capital is notorious among stoners and college kids for marijuana haze–filled "coffee shops," Holland has never actually legalized cannabis — the Dutch simply don't enforce their laws against the shops. The correct answer is Portugal, which in 2001 became the first European country to officially abolish all criminal penalties for personal possession of drugs, including marijuana, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine. http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1893946,00.html
Other
“The Catholic Church is planning on boycotting the upcoming "Da Vinci Code" sequel "Angels & Demons." They plan to air their own movie that they say more accurately depicts Jesus — "He's Just Not That Into Jews." Jimmy Fallon
Obama Is Nudging Views on Race, a Survey Finds By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and MARJORIE CONNELLY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 27, 2009. Barack Obama’s presidency seems to be altering the public perception of race relations in the United States. Two-thirds of Americans now say race relations are generally good, and the percentage of blacks who say so has doubled since last July, according to the latest New York Times/ CBS News poll. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/us/politics/28poll.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
End the University as We Know It By MARK C. TAYLOR. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 26, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/opinion/27taylor.html?th&emc=th
More Atheists Shout It From the Rooftops By LAURIE GOODSTEIN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 26, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/us/27atheist.html?th&emc=th
Study Shows Americans Leave Religion Due to Drift, Not Rupture By Jacqueline L. Salmon. Copyright by The Washington Post. Monday, April 27, 2009; 12:11 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/27/AR2009042701460.html?hpid=topnews
Did You Know? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY
Humor
Study finds conservative viewers of Stephen Colbert's comedy show think he's on their side by Steve Johnson. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. April 29, 2009. Do conservatives not understand that Stephen Colbert is joking? http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-talk-colbertapr29,0,1905472.column
SWINE FLU - key facts http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/04/swine-flu-key-facts.html
Sister Myotis on Thongs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xv7REV2HEY&feature=related
Bea Arthur, TV Battle-Ax, Dies at 86 By BRUCE WEBER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 25, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/26/arts/television/26arthur.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=bea%20arthur&st=cse
Sex and the City - Parody starring Bea Arthur http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMLITlAA0QM
New! Carlos now has an online store. Order your books directly from Carlos and have them signed and dedicated.http://www.carlostmock.com/catalog/
In Pride (orgullo),
Carlos T. Mock, MD
www.carlostmock.com
Author: Borrowing Time: A Latino Sexual Odyssey - Floricanto Press 2003.
Nominated for a Stonewall Award by the American Library Association GLBT
Round Table.
Author: The Mosaic Virus – Floricanto Press 2007. Nominated for a Stonewall Award by the American Library Association GLBT Round Table, and a Lammie from The Lambda Literary Foundation
Author: Author: Papi Chulo – Floricanto Press 2007. Nominated for a Stonewall Award by the American Library Association GLBT Round Table, and a Lammie from The Lambda Literary Foundation
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