It's not racism, it's just plain rudeness Newsletter - September 19, 2009

It's not racism, it's just plain rudeness Newsletter - September 19, 2009


“When Joe Wilson yelled at President Obama during a joint session of Congress, was Wilson being a racist? Or was he just being an incredible jerk? Me, I thought he was just being an incredible jerk.” ROGER SIMON

It's not racism, it's just plain rudeness BY ROGER SIMON. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. September 19, 2009. When Kanye West rushed onstage and grabbed the microphone away from Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards the other day, was he being a racist? Or was he just being rude? Me, I thought he was just being rude. In any case, he apologized. And life moved on. http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/1779700,CST-EDT-simon20.article

As Right Jabs Continue, White House Debates a Counterpunching Strategy By Anne E. Kornblut. Copyright by The Washington Post. Wednesday, September 16, 2009. Facing a near-daily barrage of attacks from conservative opponents, White House officials are engaged in an internal debate over how hard to hit back, even as they have grown increasingly aggressive in countering allegations they deem to be absurd. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/15/AR2009091503697.html?hpid=topnews

Fiery rhetoric of Obama's critics By Clarence Page. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. September 16, 2009. People are asking, but President Barack Obama's White House team denies that racism has anything to do with the protests against his health-care reform plan. That's smart. The same approach worked during last year's presidential campaign. In public, Team Obama constantly said race didn't matter, while in private the team never forgot that it mattered a lot. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped0916pagesep16,0,4081867.column

As Race Debate Grows, Obama Steers Clear of It By JEFF ZELENY and JIM RUTENBERG. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 16, 2009. WASHINGTON — President Obama has long suggested that he would like to move beyond race. The question now is whether the country will let him. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/us/politics/17obama.html?th&emc=th

Boy, Oh, Boy By MAUREEN DOWD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 12, 2009. Surrounded by middle-aged white guys — a sepia snapshot of the days when such pols ran Washington like their own men’s club — Joe Wilson yelled “You lie!” at a president who didn’t. But, fair or not, what I heard was an unspoken word in the air: You lie, boy! http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/opinion/13dowd.html?th&emc=th

Chicago Tribune Editorial: Exploring Race: A black man is president, oh my.... Copyright by The Chicago Tribune. September 14, 2009. In her Saturday column, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd said that she had been loath to attribute any of this summer’s “shrieking lunacy” against President Obama and healthcare reform to race: http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/race/2009/09/a-black-man-is-president-oh-my.html




International

White House to Scrap Bush’s Approach to Missile Shield By PETER BAKER and NICHOLAS KULISH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 17, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/world/europe/18shield.html?hp

Russia says it won't deploy missiles near Poland By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV. Copyright by The Associated Press. Sat Sep 19, 10:27 am ET. MOSCOW – Russia said Saturday it will scrap a plan to deploy missiles near Poland since Washington has dumped a planned missile shield in Eastern Europe. It also harshly criticized Iran's president for new comments denying the Holocaust. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090919/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_missile_defense

Putin Applauds ‘Brave’ U.S. Decision on Missile Defense By CLIFFORD J. LEVY and PETER BAKER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 18, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/19/world/europe/19satisfy.html?ref=global-home

Barroso Wins Second Term as E.U. Chief By STEPHEN CASTLE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 16, 2009. STRASBOURG, France — José Manuel Barroso on Wednesday won a parliamentary vote endorsing his second term as European Commission president, confounding his critics by securing a larger-than-expected majority. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/world/europe/17union.html?ref=global-home

EU sees growth returning in third quarter - Commission underlines fragile nature of recovery By Tony Barber in Brussels. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: September 14 2009 12:12 | Last updated: September 14 2009 14:17 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9e1e53d8-a11d-11de-a88d-00144feabdc0.html

U.S. Kills Top Qaeda Militant in Southern Somalia By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN and ERIC SCHMITT. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 14, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/world/africa/15raid.html?_r=1&th&emc=th


China

Recovery Picks Up in China as U.S. Still Ails By KEITH BRADSHER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 17, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/business/global/18yuan.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

China Moves to Retaliate Against U.S. Tire Tariff By KEITH BRADSHER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 13, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/business/global/14trade.html?_r=1&th&emc=th


Mess-o-potamia

Billion-Dollar Pyramid Scheme Rivets Lebanon By ROBERT F. WORTH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 15, 2009. TURA, Lebanon — The investor, a heavyset man in a gray polo shirt, sat back in a plastic chair in his hardware store and sighed, unable to explain how his life savings had vanished so quickly into thin air. An investor in Toura, Lebanon, said that at least 500 families in the small village lost much of their life savings in the pyramid scheme. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/world/middleeast/16lebanon.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

New York Times Editorial: Squandering the Moment. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 15, 2009. Unless something happens soon, Israelis, Palestinians and other Arabs may squander the best chance for Middle East peace in nearly a decade. President Obama is committed to serious negotiations and, for now, there is a lull in regional violence. But all of the region’s major players are refusing to do what is needed to keep their own people safe and move the peace process forward. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/opinion/15tue1.html?th&emc=th

Resolve of West Bank Settlers May Have Limits By ETHAN BRONNER and ISABEL KERSHNER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 13, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/world/middleeast/14settlers.html?th&emc=th

Israel Assembles Advanced Missile Defense Systems By Howard Schneider. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, September 18, 2009; 12:01 PM. ASHKELON, Israel -- As Israel pushes for international action against Iran's nuclear program, it is steadily assembling one of the world's most advanced missile defense systems, a multilayered collection of weapons meant to guard against everything from the shorter-range Grads that have been used to strike Israeli towns such as this one to intercontinental rockets. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/18/AR2009091801787.html?hpid=topnews

Washington Post Editorial: A Test for Iran - Tehran's treatment of Western nationals it has accused of fomenting unrest will show its seriousness about talks. Copyright by The Washington Post. Wednesday, September 16, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/15/AR2009091503187.html

Iran Opposition Leader’s Aide Is Freed By NAZILA FATHI. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 13, 2009. TORONTO — The main Iranian opposition leader’s top aide, who was arrested last week because of his investigations into the abuse of prisoners in the crackdown after the disputed election, has been released in what appears to be a sign of retreat by the hard-core conservative authorities running Iran. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/world/middleeast/14iran.html?th&emc=th

Amid Protests, Iran Leader Gives Harsh Anti-Israel Speech By ROBERT F. WORTH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 18, 2009. BEIRUT, Lebanon — Iran’s government and its relentlessly defiant critics used an annual day of support for Palestinians Friday to promote their agendas, with tens of thousands of protestors taking to the streets in their largest rally in two months and the president making some of his harshest comments on the Holocaust, which he called “a lie.” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/19/world/middleeast/19iran.html?_r=1&ref=global-home

Time to Deal in Afghanistan By Fareed Zakaria. Copyright by The Washington Post. Monday, September 14, 2009. It is time to get real about Afghanistan. Withdrawal is not a serious option. The United States, NATO, the European Union and others have invested massively in stabilizing that country over the past eight years, and they should not abandon it because the Taliban is proving a tougher foe than anticipated. But there is still a large gap between the goals the Obama administration is outlining and the means available to achieve them. This gap is best closed not by sending in tens of thousands of more troops but, rather, by understanding the limits of what we can reasonably achieve in Afghanistan. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/13/AR2009091302249.html

Obama Offers Ways to Rate Efforts in Afghan Region By DAVID E. SANGER, THOM SHANKER and ERIC SCHMITT. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 16, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/world/asia/17policy.html?th&emc=th

The Unwinnable War in Afghanistan http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-september-17-2009/the-unwinnable-war-in-afghanistan

Europe Says One-Third of Karzai’s Votes Suspect. Copyright By REUTERS. Published: September 16, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/09/16/news/news-us-afghanistan-election.html?_r=1&ref=global-home

Voter Fraud in Afghanistan http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-september-17-2009/voter-fraud-in-afghanistan

New Message Reported From bin Laden By MARK McDONALD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 14, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/world/15tape.html?_r=1&ref=global-home

Suicide Blast Kills 25 in Pakistan By PIR ZUBAIR SHAH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 18, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/19/world/asia/19pstan.html?ref=global-home

Missile Kills 4 in Pakistan; 18 Die in Stampede. Copyright By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: September 14, 2009. Filed at 8:28 a.m. ET http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/09/14/world/AP-AS-Pakistan.html?ref=global-home

Qaeda Commander Killed in Drone Attack in Pakistan By PIR ZUBAIR SHAH and MARK McDONALD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 17, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/world/asia/18pstan.html?ref=global-home


National

Lab Technician Arrested in Murder of Yale Student By JAMES BARRON and SERGE F. KOVALESKI. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 17, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/nyregion/18yale.html?_r=1&ref=global-home

Ending the 'War on Drugs' By MISHA GLENNY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 18, 2009. For decades, the idea of legalizing narcotics was supported by only a small minority. But as global markets in illicit drugs have expanded exponentially since the early 1990s, policy makers and law enforcement agencies alike have been overwhelmed by the challenge posed by the prohibition of a long list of drugs. Markets have spread to places that for decades had no significant drug problem, like China and Indonesia, while the numbers of addicts in countries like Iran have grown hugely. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/19/opinion/19iht-edglenny.html?ref=global

School Book Ban Raises Censorship Concerns in PR. Copyright By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: September 12, 2009. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Several university professors in Puerto Rico are protesting a decision to ban five books from the curriculum at public high schools in the U.S. territory because of coarse language. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/09/12/world/AP-CB-Puerto-Rico-Banned-Books.html?_r=1&emc=eta1

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Health Care


45,000 American deaths associated with lack of insurance By Madison Park. Copyright by CNN News. September 18, 2009. (CNN) -- A freelance cameraman's appendix ruptured and by the time he was admitted to surgery, it was too late. A self-employed mother of two is found dead in bed from undiagnosed heart disease. A 26-year-old aspiring fashion designer collapsed in her bathroom after feeling unusually fatigued for days. http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/18/deaths.health.insurance/index.html

A weighty issue indeed By Anne Moore. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. September 13, 2009. Fat consumes 10 percent of our health-care dollars. That's $147 billion we spend, as a nation, treating diseases caused or exacerbated by too much fat on our frames. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-perspec0913fatsep13,0,6756160.story

Proposed Tax on Sugary Beverages Debated By WILLIAM NEUMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 16, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/business/17soda.html?th&emc=th

One Injury, 10 Countries: A Journey in Health Care By ABIGAIL ZUGER, M.D. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 14, 2009. With all due respect to the seminar room, the boardroom, the hearing room and the Oval Office, a better vantage point than any of them for evaluating and redesigning our health care system is the hospital room (window bed, please). http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/health/15book.html?th&emc=th

Touched by Mortality By GARRISON KEILLOR. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 16, 2009. The doctor who saw me in the E.R. wrote in her report: “nice 67 y.o. male, flat affect, awake, alert and appropriate.” I had appeared with slurred speech and a balloon in my head, had driven myself to United Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota, parked in No Parking, walked in and was triaged right in to a neurologist who trundled me into the M.R.I. Space-Time Cyclotron for 50 minutes of banging and whanging that produced a picture of the stroke in the front of my brain, so off to the Mayo Clinic I went and the St. Mary’s Hospital Neurology I.C.U. and was wired up to monitors. A large day in a nice 67 y.o. man’s life. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/opinion/17iht-edkeillor.html?ref=global

Health Insurer Rules Unveiled - Acne, Pregnancy Among Disqualifying Conditions By David S. Hilzenrath. Copyright by The Washington Post. Saturday, September 19, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/18/AR2009091803501.html?hpid=topnews

Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: Forget job-based health insurance. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. September 19, 2009. The other day, I was trying to figure out why the paycheck deduction for my health insurance was higher than I had expected. When I called my insurer to ask what the total premium was, the customer service representative said it was none of my business. http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1779696,CST-EDT-open19.article

What's your Problem? By Jon Yates - Medical bills caught in former employer's plight. September 20, 2009. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. Ex-employee is stuck with $15,000 debt after COBRA gets canceled. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-sun-problem-health-insurancesep20,0,6593200.column

Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: Public option essential to health-care reform. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. September 18, 2009. http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1776914,CST-EDT-edit18.article

Baucus Offers Health Plan but Lacks G.O.P. Support By ROBERT PEAR and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 16, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/health/policy/17health.html?_r=1&th&emc=th


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GOP Bashing

Closing The Book On The Bush Legacy by Ronald Brownstein. Copyright by The Atlantic. Sep 11 2009, 10:41 am. Thursday's annual Census Bureau report on income, poverty and access to health care-the Bureau's principal report card on the well-being of average Americans-closes the books on the economic record of George W. Bush. It's not a record many Republicans are likely to point to with pride. On every major measurement, the Census Bureau report shows that the country lost ground during Bush's two terms. While Bush was in office, the median household income declined, poverty increased, childhood poverty increased even more, and the number of Americans without health insurance spiked. By contrast, the country's condition improved on each of those measures during Bill Clinton's two terms, often substantially. http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/09/closing_the_book_on_the_bush_legacy.php

New York Times Editorial: A Long Way Down. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 15, 2009. It is sadly predictable that in a recession, the poor get poorer and the middle class loses ground. But even a downturn as deep and prolonged as this one cannot fully account for the desperate straits of so many Americans. The Census Bureau reported last week that the nation’s poverty rate rose to 13.2 percent in 2008, the highest level since 1997 and a significant increase from 12.5 percent in 2007. That means that some 40 million people in this country are living below the poverty line, defined as an income of $22,205 for a family of four. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/opinion/16wed1.html?ref=global

Justice Dept. Investigates Ex-Official’s Ties to Shell By NEIL A. LEWIS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 17, 2009. WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is investigating whether a former secretary of the interior, Gale A. Norton, violated the law by granting valuable leases to Royal Dutch Shell around the time she was considering going to work for the company after she left office, officials said Thursday. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/us/politics/18norton.html?th&emc=th

Fey wins Emmy for TV Palin spoof. Copyright by BBC News. 13 September 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8253188.stm

For 'Capitalism,' Moore Sells Short Politicians of All Denominations By Alec MacGillis. Copyright by The Washington Post. Wednesday, September 16, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/15/AR2009091503314.html?hpid=topnews



Chicagoland


'The Chicago way' (and other wayward words) By Mark Jacob. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. September 13, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-perspec0913chicagosep13,0,4703960.story

Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: Cut huge pensions that bleed taxpayers. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. September 15, 2009. Allow us first to review some of the lame excuses, rationalizations and whining, if only so we can ridicule it all. That will make us feel good. Then we'll move on to what can be done about this mess -- the travesty of overly generous public pensions that are bleeding Illinois taxpayers. That's not as much fun as ridicule, but it could save us a few bucks. http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1770969,CST-EDT-edit15.article

Gov. Quinn to set 1,000 inmates free early BY DAVE McKINNEY. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. September 18, 2009. SPRINGFIELD—In another byproduct of Illinois’ fiscal woes, Gov. Quinn Friday signed off on the early release of 1,000 non-violent prison inmates who will be sent home this fall. Quinn’s move is expected to save the state $5 million annually. http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/1778603,pat-quinn-inmate-release-budget-091809.article

Rep. Jackson's woes: ethics, fed probes BY CAROL MARIN. Copyright by The Sun-Times. September 19, 2009. http://www.suntimes.com/news/marin/1779349,CST-EDT-carol20.article

As Olympics vote looms, Daley struggles By Dan Mihalopoulos. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. September 13, 2009... For the first time since he became mayor two decades ago, Daley's critics outnumber his fans, a Tribune/WGN poll found. The mayor's approval rating is at an all-time low of 35 percent in Tribune polls, according to the new survey....http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-daley-bd13sep13,0,7290701.story



Economy


Fed Chief Says Recession Is ‘Very Likely Over’ By STEPHEN LABATON. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 15, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/business/economy/16bernanke.html?_r=1&ref=global-home

High Jobless Rates Could Last Years, O.E.C.D. Warns By MATTHEW SALTMARSH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 16, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/business/global/17oecd.html?ref=global-home

US households see wealth grow for first time in nearly 2 years as stocks, homes gain ground By JEANNINE AVERSA. Copyright 2009 Associated Press. 11:48 a.m. CDT, September 17, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-ap-us-net-worth,0,6665244.story

Financial Times Editorial Comment: The legacy of Lehman Brothers. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: September 13 2009 19:34 | Last updated: September 13 2009 19:34 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e534e69c-a091-11de-b9ef-00144feabdc0.html

Why a Lehman deal would not have saved us By Niall Ferguson. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: September 14 2009 20:15 | Last updated: September 14 2009 20:15 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f96f2134-a15b-11de-a88d-00144feabdc0.html

Lehman's Lesson - A mistake, revisited. By Roy C. Smith. Copyright by Forbes.com. 09.13.09, 12:26 PM EDT http://www.forbes.com/2009/09/13/lehman-brothers-bankruptcy-barclays-jpmorgan-aig-geithner-opinions-contributors-roy-c-smith.html

Citi explores sale of government stake - State books $10bn in unrealised profit By Francesco Guerrera in New York and Tom Braithwaite in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: September 15 2009 04:38 | Last updated: September 15 2009 13:19 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c84652ac-a1a2-11de-a88d-00144feabdc0.html

Fed Considers Sweeping Rules to Regulate Pay at Banks By EDMUND L. ANDREWS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 18, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/19/business/economy/19pay.html?ref=global-home

3 more down: Bank failure tally hits 92 - Regulators close banks in Illinois, Minnesota and Washington at a cost of more than $2 billion to the FDIC. By Ben Rooney. Copyright by CNNMoney.com. Last Updated: September 12, 2009: 7:01 AM ET http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/11/news/economy/bank_failure/?postversion=2009091207

Judge Rejects Settlement Over Merrill Bonuses By LOUISE STORY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 14, 2009. A Federal District judge on Monday overturned a settlement between the Bank of America and the Securities and Exchange Commission over bonuses paid to Merrill Lynch executives just before the bank took over Merrill last year. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/business/15bank.html?hp

Recession Drives Women Back to the Work Force By STEVEN GREENHOUSE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 18, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/19/business/19women.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

US retail sales surge 2.7% in August - Energy prices lift producer price index, while inventories fall By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: September 15 2009 14:25 | Last updated: September 15 2009 15:49 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1700ed54-a1ed-11de-81a6-00144feabdc0.html

Chicago-area retail sales plunge $5.8 billion, or 11.5%, in first half of '09 -Outlook for holiday shopping looks bleak to analysts By Sandra M. Jones. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. September 18, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-fri-notebook-shopping-withdrsep18,0,5320410.story



Housing


U.S. Housing Starts Hit 9-Month High. Copyright By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: September 17, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/business/economy/18econ.html?hpw

Housing Agency's Cash Reserves Will Drop Below Requirement By Dina ElBoghdady. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, September 18, 2009. The Federal Housing Administration has been hit so hard by the mortgage crisis that for the first time, the agency's cash reserves will drop below the minimum level set by Congress, FHA officials said. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/17/AR2009091704594.html?hpid=topnews



Commodities


Gold extends push past $1,000 - Weak dollar and inflation fears boost bullion By Chris Flood. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: September 16 2009 10:24 | Last updated: September 16 2009 10:24 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5a72046a-a2a1-11de-ae7e-00144feabdc0.html

Hedging loses its lustre for gold - Incentive for forward sales has gone as prices soar. By Javier Blas in London. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: September 13 2009 19:26 | Last updated: September 13 2009 19:26. The gold industry’s legacy of forward sales is set to all but disappear by next year following the decision by the largest gold miner to buy back its hedges. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3756f6ac-a08f-11de-b9ef-00144feabdc0.html

Consumer Prices Rise on Energy Costs By JACK HEALY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 16, 2009. The rising cost of gasoline pushed overall consumer prices higher in August even as prices for most other goods and services remained in check, the government reported on Wednesday. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/business/economy/17econ.html?hpw

Anadarko venture discovers new oil frontier - Potential basin runs 1,000km from Ghana to Sierra Leone By Carola Hoyos. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: September 15 2009 23:32 | Last updated: September 16 2009 12:31 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/480969e8-a22a-11de-9caa-00144feabdc0.html




GLBT


New York Times Editorial: The Rights of Gay Employees. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 12, 2009. It is remarkable how little progress gay people have made in securing the basic protection against discrimination on the job. In 29 states, it is still legal to fire workers for being gay. But momentum is building in Congress for the first federal law banning such discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/opinion/13sun2.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: DeGeneres on 'Idol' another step toward equality for gays. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. September 13, 2009 http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1767155,CST-EDT-edit13b.article

Chicago Free Press Editorial: Do we need Barney Frank for the Respect for Marriage Act? Copyright by The Chicago Free Press. September 17, 2009. Members of Congress Tuesday introduced legislation known as the Respect for Marriage Act, which would repeal the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act legislation and put into place new rules ensuring federal recognition for all marriages, including same-sex ones. http://www.chicagofreepress.com/node/3896

Jacob Meister: Gay man enters Senate race by Andrew Davis. Copyright by The Windy City Times. 2009-09-16. Jacob Meister—an openly gay man who has practiced law in Chicago for nearly 20 years and has had government experience at the federal, state county and municipal levels—is a Democratic candidate for the Illinois U.S. Senate seat that will open in 2010, according to a campaign press release. http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=22893

Banned Book Week begins By Amy Wooten. Copyright by The Chicago Free Press. September 17, 2009. Literature that contains GLBT-positive messages or deals with sexuality is frequently the target of challenges brought forth by conservative parents, individuals and groups. Many people fight to get these materials out of a school’s curriculum or library, or off the shelves of a public library. http://www.chicagofreepress.com/node/3894

Women's bookstore celebrates 30 years by Ross Forman. 2009-09-16. Their walk down Memory Lane has been a wild, emotional journey that, quite often, is more like driving along Rocky Road. But now Ann Christophersen and Linda Bubon—founders of Women & Children First Bookstore, 5233 N. Clark—have hit a milestone that very few in their industry can boast. http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=22885

Award-winning gay author hopes to spark discussion By Amy Wooten. Copyright by The Chicago Free Press. September 27, 2009. Terry Angel Mason, author of the Pulitzer nominated book “Love Won’t Let Me Be Silent,” is coming to Chicago soon in hopes of sparking a dialogue about sexuality and same-sex relationships within the African American community. http://www.chicagofreepress.com/node/3893

Hall of Fame auction Sept. 22, 2009 @ Sidetrack. Copyright by The Windy City Times. 2009-09-09 http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=22844


Technology


Government Urges Changes to Google Books Deal By MIGUEL HELFT. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 18, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/19/technology/internet/19google.html?th&emc=th

New Clues to Sex Anomalies in How Y Chromosomes Are Copied By NICHOLAS WADE. Copyright 2009 The New York Times Company. Published: September 14, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/science/15chrom.html?th&emc=th



Other


American Air Said to Consider Buying Stake in Japan Airlines By Chris Cooper. Copyright by Bloomberg News. September 14, 2009. Sept. 14 (Bloomberg) -- American Airlines, the world’s second-largest carrier, may buy equity in Japan Airlines Corp. to prop up an ally that forecasts its fourth loss in five years, people familiar with the plan said. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aZ_w0zlYHNAk

Patrick Swayze, Star of ‘Dirty Dancing,’ Dies at 57 By ANITA GATES. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 14, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/movies/15swayze.html?th&emc=th



Humor


South African Braai Etiquette http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq2SOmwzjUU

Intro - Ernie Anastos' Catch Phrase http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-september-17-2009/intro---ernie-anastos--catch-phrase


It has come to my attention that you can only read 2 articles per month at the Financial Times if you haven't registered. If you would like to read more of the articles for free, simply sign up for the free account and you can read 10 articles per month. That should be enough. I'll try to keep the FT links to a minimum. - CTM



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
Author: Cuba Libre, “Mentirita” To be released late September 2009 by Floricanto Press