Obama's Second Year Newsletter - January 30, 2009
“The union is in a state of deep and justifiable anxiety about jobs and mortgages and two long, bloody wars. President Obama did not create these problems, and none could be solved in one year. But 2009 offered powerful and, at times, bruising lessons for a new president struggling to fulfill the seismic promise of his election. Mr. Obama used his first State of the Union address to show the country what he has learned and how he intends to govern in the next three years.” New York Times Editorial
New York Times Editorial: The Second Year. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 28, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/opinion/28thu1.html?th&emc=th
A Dose of Reality, a Bid to Restore Magic By PETER BAKER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 27, 2010. WASHINGTON — By now, President Obama can hardly be under any illusions about the depth of the partisan divide as he seeks to reboot his presidency. Yet he still seemed surprised on Wednesday night when he could not get Republicans to applaud tax cuts. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/us/politics/28assess.html?th&emc=th
Obama to Party: Don’t ‘Run for the Hills’ By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 27, 2010. WASHINGTON — President Obama vowed Wednesday night not to give up on his ambitious legislative agenda, using his first State of the Union address to chastise Republicans for working in lock-step against him and to warn Democrats to stiffen their political spines. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/us/politics/28obama.html?th&emc=th
Obama’s Credibility Gap By BOB HERBERT. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 25, 2010. Who is Barack Obama? Americans are still looking for the answer, and if they don’t get it soon — or if they don’t like the answer — the president’s current political problems will look like a walk in the park. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/26/opinion/26herbert.html?th&emc=th
Speech Therapy - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart http://www.hulu.com/watch/124518/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-speech-therapy
Speech Therapy Post Racial - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart http://www.hulu.com/watch/124519/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-speech-therapy-post-racial
Reactions split on Obama's remark, Alito's response at State of the Union By Robert Barnes. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, January 29, 2010. President Obama called out the Supreme Court. Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. winced at the accusation and muttered, "Not true." And then official Washington and the legal community went to the tape, and examined it frame by frame. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/28/AR2010012802893.html?wpisrc=nl_politics
O'Connor Calls Citizens United Ruling 'A Problem' - Retired Justice Says New Rules Could Corrupt Judicial Elections By MATTHEW MOSK. Copyright by ABC News. Jan. 26, 2010. Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor issued her own polite public dissent to the recently decided case on corporate political spending, telling law students that the court has created an unwelcome new path for wealthy interests to exert influence on judicial elections. http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/oconnor-citizens-united-ruling-problem/story?id=9668044
Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor talks to Wolf Blitzer on the court's rulings on campaign finance. http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2010/01/28/tsr.wolf.oconner.interview.cnn?hpt=C2
How companies became 'persons' By Clarence Page. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. 8:15 a.m. CST, January 27, 2010. Riddle me this: When is a corporation like a freed slave? Answer: When it is trying to win human rights in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-oped-0127-page-20100126,0,5726772.column
International
Japan’s High Debt Prompts Credit Rating Warning BY HIROKO TABUCHI AND BETTINA WASSENER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 26, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/business/global/27yen.html?ref=global-home
Britain Breaks Out of Recession, but Just Barely By DAVID JOLLY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 26, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/business/global/27pound.html?ref=global-home
Deep in Debt, Spain Cuts Spending by $70 Billion By ANDRÉS CALA and MATTHEW SALTMARSH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 29, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/business/global/30euecon.html?hpw
Europe Weighs Possibility of Debt Default in Greece By STEPHEN CASTLE and MATTHEW SALTMARSH. COPYRIGHT BY Bloomberg News. Published: January 28, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/business/global/29bailout.html?th&emc=th
Financial Times Editorial Comment: Republican bigotry. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: January 26 2010 19:59 | Last updated: January 26 2010 19:59. By bluntly insisting that France’s republican values are under threat from a thousand or so women who wear full-face veils, a parliamentary commission that submitted a report opposing the practice on Tuesday merely succeeded in cheapening those values. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/01/financial-times-editorial-comment.html
Fighting Starvation, Haitians Share Portions By DAMIEN CAVE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 25, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/26/world/americas/26hunger.html?ref=global-home
China
China Leading Race to Make Clean Energy By KEITH BRADSHER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 30, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/business/energy-environment/31renew.html?ref=global-home
As China Rises, Economic Conflict With West Rises Too By KATRIN BENNHOLD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 26, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/business/global/27yuan.html?ref=global-home
U.S. Deal With Taiwan Has China Retaliating By KEITH BRADSHER. COPYRIGHT BY THE NEW YORK TIMES. Published: January 30, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/world/asia/31china.html?ref=global-home
Mess-o-potamia
New York Times Editorial: Iran, After the Deadline. Copyright by New York Times. Published: January 29, 2010. ran has again proved to be a master at playing for time. Six months after a new diplomatic overture from Washington and its partners, Tehran has shown no interest in resolving the dispute over its nuclear program. It is time for President Obama and other leaders to ratchet up the pressure with tougher sanctions. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/opinion/30sat1.html?th=&adxnnl=1&emc=th&adxnnlx=1264874427-7urzKvW84B8RV2fosTMMTA
Washington Post Editorial: The key to dealing with Iran: Press ties with opposition. Copyright by The Washington Post. Saturday, January 30, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/29/AR2010012904225.html
U.S. Speeding Up Missile Defenses in Persian Gulf By DAVID E. SANGER and ERIC SCHMITT. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 30, 2010. WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is accelerating the deployment of a series of new defenses against possible Iranian missile attacks in the Persian Gulf, placing special ships off the Iranian coast and antimissile systems in at least four Arab countries, according to administration and military officials. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/world/middleeast/31missile.html?ref=global-home
Karzai Sees Taliban Pact as Central to Ending War By JOHN F. BURNS and ALAN COWELL. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 28, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/world/asia/29diplo.html?ref=global-home
Afghan Tribe to Fight Taliban, Prompting Aid From U.S. By DEXTER FILKINS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 27, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/world/asia/28tribe.html?th&emc=th
Bomber Strikes Near U.S. Base in Afghanistan By ROD NORDLAND and ABDUL WAHEED WAFA. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 26, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/world/asia/27afghan.html?ref=global-home
U.S. Forces Take On Major Role at Ethnic Border in Iraq By STEVEN LEE MYERS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 26, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/world/middleeast/27mosul.html?ref=global-home
Blast Hits Central Baghdad as Attacks Accelerate By JOHN LELAND and ANTHONY SHADID. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 26, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/world/middleeast/27iraq.html?ref=global-home
National
Bankers in favour of paying global fee By Patrick Jenkins in Davos and Tom Braithwaite in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: January 30 2010 00:02 | Last updated: January 30 2010 00:02. Some of the world’s most prominent bankers have come out in favour of a global bank wind-down fund, a concession from the industry after weeks of fighting proposals for new taxes in the US and Europe. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/01/bankers-in-favour-of-paying-global-fee.html
U.S. Drops Plan for a 9/11 Trial in New York City By SCOTT SHANE and BENJAMIN WEISER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 29, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/nyregion/30trial.html?th&emc=th
Overdevelopment chokes New Buffalo, Michigan BY Francis X. Donnelly. COPYRIGHT BY The Detroit News. Last Updated: January 30. 2010 1:00AM http://detnews.com/article/20100130/METRO/1300352/Overdevelopment-chokes-New-Buffalo--Michigan
Chicagoland
Don’t forget to vote February 2, 2010! I already did!
Chicago Sun-Times Editoriial: July 3rd cuts sad, but sensible. Copyright by THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES. January 29, 2010. When times are tough, responsible leaders make cuts -- even some that are painful. So we have to agree with the City of Chicago's decision to dispense with its annual July 3 fireworks show in Grant Park, an event so popular that it drew more than 1.2 million spectators last summer. http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/2017692,CST-EDT-edit29b.article
July 3rd fireworks fizzle for 2010 - Chicago will have three smaller Independence Day shows By John Byrne and Daarel Burnette II. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. January 27, 2010. Chicago's traditional July 3 Grant Park fireworks extravaganza is shelved this year, eliminating one of the city's largest communal experiences that brings more than a million people to the lakefront to spread out blankets, coolers and lawn chairs to watch the colorful spectacle http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/ct-met-july-3-fireworks-20100127,0,6649103.story
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Fresh Off a Massachusetts Victory, G.O.P. Aims at Illinois By MONICA DAVEY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 25, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/26/us/26illinois.html?th&emc=th
Local: Politicians pack the house to get out the vote By Rick Stuckey. Copyright by The Chicago Free Press. Published: January 21, 2010. History was made Tuesday night when more than a dozen openly lesbian or gay candidates running for Illinois public office presented their platforms at an event at Sidetrack. Equality Illinois, the Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago and Join the Impact hosted the forum to showcase the out politicians. http://dev.chicagofreepress.com/2010/01/21/local-politicians-pack-the-house-to-get-out-the-vote/
Privatize Illinois' tollways? Voters say no - Voters of both parties overwhelmingly reject the idea, but some candidates back idea By Richard Wronski. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. January 25, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/ct-met-0126-tollway-poll-20100125,0,6256936.story
Illinois adds Powerball to lottery game lineup By Angie Leventis Lourgos. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. January 30, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-met-illinois-lottery-powerball-20100129,0,4814211.story
Health Care
Cigarettes May Cause Infections By Janet Raloff. Copyright by Wired Science. January 29, 2010. The tobacco in cigarettes hosts a bacterial bonanza — literally hundreds of different germs, including those responsible for many human illnesses, a new study finds. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/01/cigarettes-may-cause-infections/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+wired/index+%28Wired:+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2
Jury Reaches Guilty Verdict in Murder of Abortion Doctor By MONICA DAVEY. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: January 29, 2010. WICHITA, Kan. —It took jurors 37 minutes on Friday to convict Scott Roeder, an abortion opponent, of first-degree murder in the death of George R. Tiller, one of the few doctors in the country to perform late-term abortions. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/us/30roeder.html?emc=na
After Long Decline, Teenage Pregnancy Rate Rises By TAMAR LEWIN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 26, 2010. After more than a decade of declining teenage pregnancy, the pregnancy rate among girls ages 15 to 19 increased 3 percent from 2005 to 2006 — a turnaround likely to intensify the debate over federal financing for abstinence-only sex education. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/us/27teen.html?th&emc=th
Male Abusers Often Sabotage Birth Control With Partners - Study found physical violence often accompanied by attempts to get young women pregnant. Copyright by Business Week. January 25, 2010. MONDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) -- A new report says that male partners of teenage girls and young women who engage in physical and sexual violence also often try to sabotage the birth control the women are using. http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/healthday/635254.html
Health Care Reform
“It would be a terrible mistake for Democrats to abandon comprehensive health care reform just because voters in the Massachusetts Senate race last week decided that they liked the Republican, Scott Brown, more than the Democrat, Martha Coakley.” New York Times Editorial
New York Times Editorial: Don’t Give Up Now. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 25, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/26/opinion/26tues1.html?th&emc=th
New York Times Editorial: The Insurer vs. the Hospitals. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 29, 2010. A bitter dispute between one of the nation’s largest health insurers and a consortium of New York City hospitals illustrates the difficulties of controlling the ever-rising costs of medical care and insurance premiums. In this case, the insurer appears to be acting responsibly, if a bit heavy-handedly. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/opinion/30sat2.html?th&emc=th
GOP Bashing
Citing 9/11, Blair Defends Legacy at Iraq Inquiry By JOHN F. BURNS and ALAN COWELL. Copyright by The New York Times
Published: January 29, 2010. Taken together, popular opprobrium over Iraq and the sense that he has used the stature derived from 10 years in office to amass a fortune — said by British newspapers to be worth at least $30 million — have made the 56-year-old former prime minister, once popular enough to win three general elections, into something approaching a pariah at home. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/world/europe/30britain.html?scp=1&sq=Citing%209/11,%20Blair%20Defends%20Legacy%20at%20Iraq%20Inquiry%20&st=cse
Why do people often vote against their own interests? Copyright by BBC News. Page last updated at 00:57 GMT, Saturday, 30 January 2010. The Republicans' shock victory in the election for the US Senate seat in Massachusetts meant the Democrats lost their supermajority in the Senate. This makes it even harder for the Obama administration to get healthcare reform passed in the US. Political scientist Dr David Runciman looks at why is there often such deep opposition to reforms that appear to be of obvious benefit to voters. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8474611.stm
Tampering at Landrieu Office Called a ‘Stunt’ By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON and BERNIE BECKER. COPYRIGHT BY The New York Times. Published: January 28, 2010. The four men were charged by federal authorities with fraudulently entering a federal building for the purpose of “interfering” with Ms. Landrieu’s phone system, a felony that carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/us/politics/29landrieu.html?th&emc=th
Tea Party Disputes Take Toll on Convention By KATE ZERNIKE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 25, 2010. A Tea Party convention billed as the coming together of the grass-roots groups that began sprouting up around the country a year ago is unraveling as sponsors and participants pull out to protest its expense and express concerns about “profiteering.” The convention’s difficulties highlight the fractiousness of the Tea Party groups, and the considerable suspicions among their members of anything that suggests the establishment. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/26/us/politics/26teaparty.html?th&emc=th
The Economy
U.S. Economy Grew at Fastest Pace in 6 Years Last Quarter By CATHERINE RAMPELL. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 29, 2010. The United States economy grew at its fastest pace in over six years at the end of 2009, but a sluggish job market is still souring economists on the sustainability of the recovery. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/business/economy/30econ.html?ref=global-home
US jobless claims in modest fall By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: January 28 2010 15:08 | Last updated: January 28 2010 15:08. The number of US workers claiming jobless benefits fell modestly last week but remains stubbornly high, labour department figures showed, offering a reminder that unemployment continues to be a problem. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/01/us-jobless-claims-in-modest-fall.html
US consumer companies see stronger demand By Jonathan Birchall and Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: January 28 2010 13:54 | Last updated: January 28 2010 16:23. Procter & Gamble, the world’s biggest consumer products company, reported quarterly sales that exceeded Wall Street’s expectations on Thursday, as it increased promotional price cuts and marketing to drive top line growth. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/01/us-consumer-companies-see-stronger.html
Obama to Seek Spending Freeze to Trim Deficits By JACKIE CALMES. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 25, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/26/us/politics/26budget.html?th&emc=th
Ford Sees Profit of $2.7 Billion in Year It Calls ‘Pivotal’ By NICK BUNKLEY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 28, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/business/29ford.html?ref=global-home
Bernanke Confirmed for Second Term as Fed Chief By SEWELL CHAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 28, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/business/economy/29fed.html?hp
Toyota Halts Sales of 8 Models in U.S. for Pedal Flaw By NICK BUNKLEY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 26, 2010. Toyota Motor, still struggling to resolve a problem with accelerator pedals, said Tuesday that it would temporarily stop building and selling eight models, including the popular Camry and Corolla sedans, in the North American market. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/business/27toyota.html?th&emc=th
Your Money
Obama Outlines Plan to Increase Employment By SEWELL CHAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 29, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/business/smallbusiness/30small.html?th&emc=th
Senate Democrats eye $80B jobs package By By Ben Pershing. Copyright by The Washington Post. January 26, 2010; 11:12 AM ET http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/01/senate-democrats-eye-80b-jobs.html?hpid=topnews
Housing
Home Prices Up Slightly in November By DAVID STREITFELD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 26, 2010. The recovery in the housing market is still alive, barely, according to data released Tuesday. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/business/economy/27econ.html?adxnnl=1&hpw=&adxnnlx=1264528801-rpiuxP0l72iuHwkQSEJRuQ
Energy
Wind Power Grows 39% for the Year By JAD MOUAWAD. COPYRIGHT BY The New York Times. Published: January 26, 2010. Despite a crippling recession and tight credit markets, the American wind power industry grew at a blistering pace in 2009, adding 39 percent more capacity. The country is close to the point where 2 percent of its electricity will come from wind turbines. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/26/business/energy-environment/26wind.html?th&emc=th
Travel
36 Hours in Buenos Aires By PAOLA SINGER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 31, 2010 http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/travel/31hours.html?th&emc=th
GLBT
“In the wake of the Maine defeat, a coterie of liberal bloggers and activists called for a temporary moratorium on DNC donations. The fledgling movement, which has adopted the motto “Don’t Ask, Don’t Give” and has attracted the likes of legendary gay rights activist David Mixner, hopes to discourage donations to the party until the passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and the repeal of both “don’t ask, don’t tell” and the Defense of Marriage Act. In so doing, these activists are hoping to reshape—if not completely upset—the relationship between gays and the Democratic Party.“ James Kirchick
Gays vs. Democratic Party By James Kirchick. Copyright by The Advocate Magazine. February 2010. They’re fond of your checkbooks — and deaf to your demands for equal rights. What will it take for the Democratic Party to step up? http://www.advocate.com/Politics/Politicians/Gays_vs_Democratic_Party/
The Crazy Eights - Meet the Democratic state senators who helped dash marriage hopes for New York. Copyright by The Advocate Magazine. February 2010. Conventional wisdom for years was that the Republican majority in the New York state senate was all that stood in the way of marriage equality in that state. And Democrats used that hunch—and more than $1 million from gay political action groups—to win control of the body in 2008 for the first time in four decades. That’s why it came as such a surprise in December when eight Democrats joined 30 Republicans to kill a marriage bill in the state senate. Now conventional wisdom is that these eight senators (listed here, clockwise from top left) will face a hell of a fight in their bids for reelection come November. http://www.advocate.com/Politics/Marriage_Equality/The_Crazy_Eight/
Another Tea Party by Carlos T. Mock, MD. January 30, 2009. I voted for Barack Obama as the lesser of two evils. As an openly Gay activist I had serious doubts about his candidacy because Mr. Obama was against the most fundamental human right: same sex marriage. I was swayed by the enthusiasm of the general election and cast my vote for him on November 4, 2008. I hoped he would eventually come to terms with the our community. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/01/another-tea-party.html
GLAAD Reconsidered - COMMENTARY: Is leading gay media watchdog GLAAD muzzled by the entertainment companies it’s supposed to police? By Michelangelo Signorile. Copyright by The Advocate Magazine. February 2010 issue http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Commentary/GLAAD_Reconsidered/
New York Times Editorial: Ending ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 28, 2010. Toward the end of his State of the Union address Wednesday night, President Obama said something that untold numbers of Americans who suffer discrimination had wanted to hear for more than 16 years. He promised to work to repeal the law that bans gay members of the military from living their lives openly. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/opinion/29fri1.html?hpw
On issue of gays in military, Pentagon will make recommendations to Congress By Craig Whitlock and Ed O'Keefe. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, January 29, 2010. The Pentagon has been studying ways to integrate gays into the military and, for the first time, will offer recommendations to Congress next week "on a way forward," defense officials said Thursday, following President Obama's declaration that he wants to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" law this year. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/28/AR2010012803728.html?wpisrc=nl_politics
Weather
A Deadly Quake in a Seismic Hot Zone By HENRY FOUNTAIN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 25, 2010. To scientists who study seismic hazards in the Caribbean, there was no surprise in the magnitude 7 earthquake that devastated the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, two weeks ago. Except, perhaps, in where on the island of Hispaniola it occurred. “If I had had to make a bet, I would have bet that the first earthquake would have taken place in the northern Dominican Republic, not Haiti,” said Eric Calais, a geophysicist at Purdue University who has conducted research in the area for years. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/26/science/26fault.html?th&emc=th
Technology
With Apple Tablet, Print Media Hope for a Payday By BRAD STONE and STEPHANIE CLIFFORD. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: January 25, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/26/technology/26apple.html?th&emc=th
With Its Tablet, Apple Blurs Line Between Devices By BRAD STONE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 27, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/technology/companies/28apple.html?th&emc=th
The iPad Threat to PCs By Arik Hesseldahl. Copyright by Business Week. Computers January 27, 2010, 11:14PM EST text size: TT. Apple's (AAPL) new iPad, a lightweight device that browses the Web and delivers media, may serve as an alternative to netbooks and pose a threat to PC makers. http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2010/tc20100127_783646.htm?campaign_id=widget_topStories
Apple's iPad: What's it really for? It's a way to showcase multi-touch tech, open new doors for Apple By Ryan Faas. Copyright by Computerworld. January 30, 2010 05:49 AM ET http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9150007/Apple_s_iPad_What_s_it_really_for_?taxonomyId
Apple's Effect on Content Partners: More Good Than Bad - Pairing with Apple had mixed results for the music industry, but the iPad may well give struggling publishers an opportunity to rebuild their businesses By Peter Burrows. Copyright by Business Week. January 27, 2010, 10:38PM EST http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2010/tc20100127_652056.htm?campaign_id=widget_topStories
Live Blogging the iPad Product Announcement By BRAD STONE. Copyright by The New York Times. January 27, 2010, 10:30 am. Update | 2:16 p.m. There will be models with 3G wireless connectivity. There will be two 3G plans for iPad owners. The first one, for up to 250 MB of data a month, will cost $14.99 per month. For unlimited data, its $29.99 a month. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/live-blogging-the-apple-product-announcement/?ref=global-home
Amazon Pulls Macmillan Books Over E-Book Price Disagreement By BRAD STONE. Copyright by The New York Times. January 29, 2010, 11:19 pm http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/amazon-pulls-macmillan-books-over-e-book-price-disagreement/?th&emc=th
Revival in PC Sales Lifts Microsoft’s Earnings. Copyright By REUTERS. Published: January 28, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/technology/companies/29soft.html?th&emc=th
Entertainment
NBC's late-night lesson: Quit chasing the cool - Baby boomers taste revenge with Leno's return By Neal Gabler. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. January 27, 2010. Every high school in America has its cool kids, the smart, snarky ones who sit in the prow of culture, and its dorks, the plodding if amiable ones who sit in the middle of the boat and try not to make waves. One needs to be reminded of this in assessing what was really at stake in the headline-making Jay Leno- Conan O'Brien war that ended last week with an agreement to pay $45 million to O'Brien and his staff. http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sc-ent-0126-leno-demographics-20100126,0,1081944.story
Other
J.D. Salinger: voice of America - What creator of Holden Caulfield taught a nation of readers, writers BY LAURA MILLER. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. January 30, 2010 http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/2020103,CST-EDT-open31a.article
I am on a cast and receiving ultrasonic stimulation for bone regeneration. My cast will come off February 8th, just in time for our trip to Paris February 15th. Thanks to all who prayed and helped take care of me.
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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
Author: Cuba Libre, “Mentirita” The book is out. you can buy it at: http://www.carlostmock.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=32&osCsid=a0b517e687814469f8153c5070d69f99
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Ending Abusive Relationships Mini-Newsletter - January 25, 2009
Ending Abusive Relationships Mini-Newsletter - January 25, 2009
“So you could wait for President Obama to try to resurrect the Glass-Steagall Act with a new name maybe starting with the letter V after battling through the legislative process and its attendant lobby ridden minefields, or you could move the money to create the effective outcome of such an act and change behavior patterns using "tangible" persuasion.” Dennis Santiago
Moving Big Money By Dennis Santiago. Copyright by The Hoffington Post. January 23, 2010 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dennis-santiago/moving-big-money_b_434048.html
Bill Maher On Ending Abusive Relationships - With Your Bank http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaFJoGMVcGU&feature=email Go to http://moveyourmoney.info/
Obama Calls for Bank Tax to Recoup Bailout By JACKIE CALMES. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 14, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/us/15tax.html?ref=global-home
New York Times Editorial: Tax Them Both. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 12, 2010. The White House is talking about levying a tax or fee on large banks to recover the $120 billion it spent to bail out the financial system. That is a good place to start, but it shouldn’t stop there. President Obama and Congress should also impose a windfall tax on the huge bonuses that bailed-out bankers plan to pay themselves over the next few weeks. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/opinion/13wed1.html?th&emc=th
Federal Reserve earned $45 billion in 2009 By Neil Irwin. Copyright by The Washington Post. Tuesday, January 12, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/11/AR2010011103892.html?hpid=topnews
Financial Times Editorial Comment: US government to reap the windfall. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: January 12 2010 22:35 | Last updated: January 12 2010 22:35. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/01/financial-times-editorial-comment-us.html
Banks Prepare for Bigger Bonuses, and Public’s Wrath By LOUISE STORY and ERIC DASH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 9, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/business/10pay.html?ref=global-home
Supreme Court ruling calls for a populist revolt By E.J. Dionne Jr.. Copyright by The Washington post. Monday, January 25, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/24/AR2010012402298.html
International
Haiti’s Homeless Are Short Hundreds of Thousands of Tents, Aid Groups Say By GINGER THOMPSON. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 24, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/world/americas/25haiti.html?hpw
In Haiti, Many Amputees Have No Place to Go By RAY RIVERA. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 24, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/world/americas/25amputee.html?scp=1&sq=haiti's%20amputees&st=cse
Pat Robertson says Haiti paying for 'pact to the devil' Copyright by CNNNews. January 13, 2010 6:58 p.m. EST http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/01/13/haiti.pat.robertson/
China
Google, Citing Attack, Threatens to Exit China By ANDREW JACOBS and MIGUEL HELFT. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 12, 2010. This article was reported by Andrew Jacobs, Miguel Helft and John Markoff and written by Mr. Jacobs. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/world/asia/13beijing.html?th&emc=th
In Rebuke of China, Focus Falls on Cybersecurity By MIGUEL HELFT and JOHN MARKOFF. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 13, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/14/technology/14google.html?th=&adxnnl=1&emc=th&adxnnlx=1263495684-HaiFeBdwsVBEudNJnBL/Tg
China Becomes Biggest Exporter. Copyright By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: January 10, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/10/world/AP-AS-China-Trade.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
As China Rises, Fears Grow on Whether Boom Can Endure By MICHAEL WINES. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 11, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/world/asia/12china.html?th&emc=th
Mess-o-potamia
Bomb Blast Kills Physics Professor in Tehran By ALAN COWELL. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 12, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/world/middleeast/13iran.html?ref=global-home
Iraq Sentences 11 to Death in Ministry Bombings By NADA BAKRI. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 14, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/world/middleeast/15iraq.html?ref=global-home
National
Making Sense of the New Political Anger By SAM TANENHAUS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 23, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/weekinreview/24tanenhaus.html?hpw
Obama should act more like a president than a prime minister By Fareed Zakaria. Copyright by The Washington Post. Monday, January 25, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/24/AR2010012402300.html
How Obama can reset his presidency By Clive Crook. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: January 24 2010 20:25 | Last updated: January 24 2010 20:25. One year into his presidency, Barack Obama has come to a defining moment. He needs to reset, and Wednesday’s state of the union address is the place to begin. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-obama-can-reset-his-presidency.html
Chicagoland
Chicago Tribune Election Center http://elections.chicagotribune.com/
Sun-Times offering online election center http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/2007696,CST-NWS-ballot24.article
WINDY CITY TIMES 2010 PRIMARY ELECTION SPECIAL Click for printable charts 2010-01-20. http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=24192
Health Care
Facing End-of-Life Talks, Doctors Choose to Wait By DENISE GRADY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 11, 2010. It’s a conversation that most people dread, doctors and patients alike. The cancer is terminal, time is short, and tough decisions loom — about accepting treatment or rejecting it, and choosing where and how to die. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/health/12seco.html?th&emc=th
LaDonna Redmond pushes obesity battle on Chicago's West Side By Dawn Turner Trice. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. 7:52 a.m. CST, January 25, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/ct-met-trice-0125-20100124,0,6373898.column
Health Care Reform
Financial Times Editorial Comment: US healthcare reform falls ill. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: January 24 2010 19:49 | Last updated: January 24 2010 19:49. Last week’s loss in Massachusetts has stunned the Democratic party and caused panic. One likely consequence is that healthcare reform – Barack Obama’s signature initiative – will go down to defeat. This is a reform that the US badly needs, and which is decades overdue. Must the effort be abandoned? http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/01/financial-times-editorial-comment-us_25.html
GOP Bashing
The Great Tea Party Rip-Off By FRANK RICH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 16, 2010. Even given the low bar set by America’s bogus conversations about race, the short-lived Harry Reid fracas was a most peculiar nonevent. For all the hyperventilation in cable news land, this supposed racial brawl didn’t seem to generate any controversy whatsoever in what is known as the real world. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/17/opinion/17rich.html
Lady BlahBlah By CHARLES M. BLOW. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 15, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/16/opinion/16blow.html
Your Money
The Bernanke Conundrum By Paul Krugman. Copyright by The New York Times. January 23, 2010, 10:54 AM. A funny thing happened on the way to the Bernanke confirmation: the vote in Massachusetts turned an easy coronation into a tough fight. And this isn’t one of those cases where everyone who knows something is on one side. Look at two of my favorite econobloggers: the very judicious Calculated Risk says “We can do better”, while Brad DeLong says, “Don’t block Ben.” http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/23/the-bernanke-conundrum/?scp=2&sq=ben%20bernanke%20confirmation&st=cse
FDIC chief puts blame on Fed for crisis By Tom Braithwaite in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: January 14 2010 14:59 | Last updated: January 14 2010 14:59 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0a3b97c8-0114-11df-a4cb-00144feabdc0.html
US retail sales drop in December By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: January 14 2010 14:39 | Last updated: January 14 2010 17:23 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/73957524-010d-11df-a4cb-00144feabdc0.html
Recession Spurs Interest in Graduate, Law Schools By REBECCA R. RUIZ. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 9, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/education/10grad.html?th&emc=th
Housing
Area home sales up for 6th month - U.S. home sales plunge nearly 17% in December after tax credit deadline extended By Mary Ellen Podmolik. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune 10:40 a.m. CST, January 25, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-chicago-home-sales,0,1278819.story
Immigration
Officials Hid Truth of Immigrant Deaths in Jail By NINA BERNSTEIN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 9, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/us/10detain.html?th&emc=th
Travel
Puerto Rico's mild, mild west - Though it's best known for bustling San Juan, this island's west side is relaxing and full of hidden gems. by Margaret Ramirez. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. January 10, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/sc-trav-0105-puerto-rico-20100108,0,2302886.story
10 dirtiest hotels in the U.S. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. January 25, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/ct-dirty-hotels-story,0,4952170.htmlstory
GLBT
Mona Noriega seeks aldermanic post by Tracy Baim. Copyright by The Windy City Times. January 20, 2010. Long-time Latina lesbian activist Mona Noriega is seeking appointment by Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley to the 1st Ward aldermanic seat vacated by Manny Flores. The appointment could come as early as this week. http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=24469
Portugal's parliament votes in favor of same-sex marriages By BARRY HATTON. Copyright 2010 Associated Press. 1:29 p.m. CST, January 8, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-eu-portugal-gay-marriage,0,2551823.story
Personal Focus as Same-Sex-Marriage Trial Opens in California By JESSE McKINLEY. Copyright b y The Associated Press. Published: January 11, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/us/12prop8.html?th&emc=th
New York Times Editorial: Discrimination on Trial, but Not on TV. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 14, 2010 . The trial that started on Monday in San Francisco over the constitutionality of California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage could have been a moment for the entire nation to witness a calm, deliberative debate on a vitally important issue in the era of instant communications. Instead, the United States Supreme Court made it a sad example of the quashing of public discourse by blocking the televising of the nonjury trial. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/14/opinion/14thu3.html?th&emc=th
Argentinian couple makes history by Emmanuel Garcia. Copyright by The Windy City Times. 2010-01-13. Alex Freyre and Jose Maria di Bello made headlines around the world Dec, 28, 2009, as the first same-sex couple in Latin America to marry. http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=24067
Religion
Religion and Women By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 9, 2010. Religions derive their power and popularity in part from the ethical compass they offer. So why do so many faiths help perpetuate something that most of us regard as profoundly unethical: the oppression of women? http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/opinion/10kristof.html?th&emc=th
In Malaysia, Uproar Grows Over Use of Word ‘Allah’ By SETH MYDANS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 10, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/11/world/asia/11malaysia.html?ref=global-home
Entertainment
O’Brien Will Leave ‘Tonight Show,’ NBC Says Copyright By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: January 21, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/21/business/AP-US-TV-Conan-Leno.html?scp=5&sq=O%92Brien%20Will%20Leave%20%91Tonight%20Show,%92%20NBC%20Says%20&st=cse
O’Brien Undone by His Media-Hopping Fans By BILL CARTER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 24, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/business/media/25conan.html?scp=1&sq=O%92Brien%20Will%20Leave%20%91Tonight%20Show,%92%20NBC%20Says%20&st=cse
Conan O'Brien slams NBC executives on 'Tonight Show' By Dana Kavan. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. January 12, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-101112-conan-fires-back-nbc,0,1453491.story
Humor
Anniversary special: The 20 best things HOMER SIMPSON ever said. Copyright by The Washington Post. January 10, 2010 http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2010/01/anniversary_special_the_20_bes.html?hpid=topnews
My surgery yesterday was successful. I hope to have a speedy recovery so that I can be back up to speed in about six weeks. Thanks to all that have expressed support and concern.
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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” The book is out. you can buy it at: http://www.carlostmock.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=32&osCsid=a0b517e687814469f8153c5070d69f99
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“So you could wait for President Obama to try to resurrect the Glass-Steagall Act with a new name maybe starting with the letter V after battling through the legislative process and its attendant lobby ridden minefields, or you could move the money to create the effective outcome of such an act and change behavior patterns using "tangible" persuasion.” Dennis Santiago
Moving Big Money By Dennis Santiago. Copyright by The Hoffington Post. January 23, 2010 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dennis-santiago/moving-big-money_b_434048.html
Bill Maher On Ending Abusive Relationships - With Your Bank http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaFJoGMVcGU&feature=email Go to http://moveyourmoney.info/
Obama Calls for Bank Tax to Recoup Bailout By JACKIE CALMES. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 14, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/us/15tax.html?ref=global-home
New York Times Editorial: Tax Them Both. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 12, 2010. The White House is talking about levying a tax or fee on large banks to recover the $120 billion it spent to bail out the financial system. That is a good place to start, but it shouldn’t stop there. President Obama and Congress should also impose a windfall tax on the huge bonuses that bailed-out bankers plan to pay themselves over the next few weeks. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/opinion/13wed1.html?th&emc=th
Federal Reserve earned $45 billion in 2009 By Neil Irwin. Copyright by The Washington Post. Tuesday, January 12, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/11/AR2010011103892.html?hpid=topnews
Financial Times Editorial Comment: US government to reap the windfall. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: January 12 2010 22:35 | Last updated: January 12 2010 22:35. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/01/financial-times-editorial-comment-us.html
Banks Prepare for Bigger Bonuses, and Public’s Wrath By LOUISE STORY and ERIC DASH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 9, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/business/10pay.html?ref=global-home
Supreme Court ruling calls for a populist revolt By E.J. Dionne Jr.. Copyright by The Washington post. Monday, January 25, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/24/AR2010012402298.html
International
Haiti’s Homeless Are Short Hundreds of Thousands of Tents, Aid Groups Say By GINGER THOMPSON. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 24, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/world/americas/25haiti.html?hpw
In Haiti, Many Amputees Have No Place to Go By RAY RIVERA. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 24, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/world/americas/25amputee.html?scp=1&sq=haiti's%20amputees&st=cse
Pat Robertson says Haiti paying for 'pact to the devil' Copyright by CNNNews. January 13, 2010 6:58 p.m. EST http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/01/13/haiti.pat.robertson/
China
Google, Citing Attack, Threatens to Exit China By ANDREW JACOBS and MIGUEL HELFT. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 12, 2010. This article was reported by Andrew Jacobs, Miguel Helft and John Markoff and written by Mr. Jacobs. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/world/asia/13beijing.html?th&emc=th
In Rebuke of China, Focus Falls on Cybersecurity By MIGUEL HELFT and JOHN MARKOFF. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 13, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/14/technology/14google.html?th=&adxnnl=1&emc=th&adxnnlx=1263495684-HaiFeBdwsVBEudNJnBL/Tg
China Becomes Biggest Exporter. Copyright By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: January 10, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/10/world/AP-AS-China-Trade.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
As China Rises, Fears Grow on Whether Boom Can Endure By MICHAEL WINES. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 11, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/world/asia/12china.html?th&emc=th
Mess-o-potamia
Bomb Blast Kills Physics Professor in Tehran By ALAN COWELL. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 12, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/world/middleeast/13iran.html?ref=global-home
Iraq Sentences 11 to Death in Ministry Bombings By NADA BAKRI. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 14, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/world/middleeast/15iraq.html?ref=global-home
National
Making Sense of the New Political Anger By SAM TANENHAUS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 23, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/weekinreview/24tanenhaus.html?hpw
Obama should act more like a president than a prime minister By Fareed Zakaria. Copyright by The Washington Post. Monday, January 25, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/24/AR2010012402300.html
How Obama can reset his presidency By Clive Crook. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: January 24 2010 20:25 | Last updated: January 24 2010 20:25. One year into his presidency, Barack Obama has come to a defining moment. He needs to reset, and Wednesday’s state of the union address is the place to begin. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-obama-can-reset-his-presidency.html
Chicagoland
Chicago Tribune Election Center http://elections.chicagotribune.com/
Sun-Times offering online election center http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/2007696,CST-NWS-ballot24.article
WINDY CITY TIMES 2010 PRIMARY ELECTION SPECIAL Click for printable charts 2010-01-20. http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=24192
Health Care
Facing End-of-Life Talks, Doctors Choose to Wait By DENISE GRADY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 11, 2010. It’s a conversation that most people dread, doctors and patients alike. The cancer is terminal, time is short, and tough decisions loom — about accepting treatment or rejecting it, and choosing where and how to die. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/health/12seco.html?th&emc=th
LaDonna Redmond pushes obesity battle on Chicago's West Side By Dawn Turner Trice. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. 7:52 a.m. CST, January 25, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/ct-met-trice-0125-20100124,0,6373898.column
Health Care Reform
Financial Times Editorial Comment: US healthcare reform falls ill. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: January 24 2010 19:49 | Last updated: January 24 2010 19:49. Last week’s loss in Massachusetts has stunned the Democratic party and caused panic. One likely consequence is that healthcare reform – Barack Obama’s signature initiative – will go down to defeat. This is a reform that the US badly needs, and which is decades overdue. Must the effort be abandoned? http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/01/financial-times-editorial-comment-us_25.html
GOP Bashing
The Great Tea Party Rip-Off By FRANK RICH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 16, 2010. Even given the low bar set by America’s bogus conversations about race, the short-lived Harry Reid fracas was a most peculiar nonevent. For all the hyperventilation in cable news land, this supposed racial brawl didn’t seem to generate any controversy whatsoever in what is known as the real world. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/17/opinion/17rich.html
Lady BlahBlah By CHARLES M. BLOW. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 15, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/16/opinion/16blow.html
Your Money
The Bernanke Conundrum By Paul Krugman. Copyright by The New York Times. January 23, 2010, 10:54 AM. A funny thing happened on the way to the Bernanke confirmation: the vote in Massachusetts turned an easy coronation into a tough fight. And this isn’t one of those cases where everyone who knows something is on one side. Look at two of my favorite econobloggers: the very judicious Calculated Risk says “We can do better”, while Brad DeLong says, “Don’t block Ben.” http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/23/the-bernanke-conundrum/?scp=2&sq=ben%20bernanke%20confirmation&st=cse
FDIC chief puts blame on Fed for crisis By Tom Braithwaite in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: January 14 2010 14:59 | Last updated: January 14 2010 14:59 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0a3b97c8-0114-11df-a4cb-00144feabdc0.html
US retail sales drop in December By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: January 14 2010 14:39 | Last updated: January 14 2010 17:23 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/73957524-010d-11df-a4cb-00144feabdc0.html
Recession Spurs Interest in Graduate, Law Schools By REBECCA R. RUIZ. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 9, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/education/10grad.html?th&emc=th
Housing
Area home sales up for 6th month - U.S. home sales plunge nearly 17% in December after tax credit deadline extended By Mary Ellen Podmolik. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune 10:40 a.m. CST, January 25, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-chicago-home-sales,0,1278819.story
Immigration
Officials Hid Truth of Immigrant Deaths in Jail By NINA BERNSTEIN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 9, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/us/10detain.html?th&emc=th
Travel
Puerto Rico's mild, mild west - Though it's best known for bustling San Juan, this island's west side is relaxing and full of hidden gems. by Margaret Ramirez. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. January 10, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/sc-trav-0105-puerto-rico-20100108,0,2302886.story
10 dirtiest hotels in the U.S. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. January 25, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/ct-dirty-hotels-story,0,4952170.htmlstory
GLBT
Mona Noriega seeks aldermanic post by Tracy Baim. Copyright by The Windy City Times. January 20, 2010. Long-time Latina lesbian activist Mona Noriega is seeking appointment by Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley to the 1st Ward aldermanic seat vacated by Manny Flores. The appointment could come as early as this week. http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=24469
Portugal's parliament votes in favor of same-sex marriages By BARRY HATTON. Copyright 2010 Associated Press. 1:29 p.m. CST, January 8, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-eu-portugal-gay-marriage,0,2551823.story
Personal Focus as Same-Sex-Marriage Trial Opens in California By JESSE McKINLEY. Copyright b y The Associated Press. Published: January 11, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/us/12prop8.html?th&emc=th
New York Times Editorial: Discrimination on Trial, but Not on TV. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 14, 2010 . The trial that started on Monday in San Francisco over the constitutionality of California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage could have been a moment for the entire nation to witness a calm, deliberative debate on a vitally important issue in the era of instant communications. Instead, the United States Supreme Court made it a sad example of the quashing of public discourse by blocking the televising of the nonjury trial. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/14/opinion/14thu3.html?th&emc=th
Argentinian couple makes history by Emmanuel Garcia. Copyright by The Windy City Times. 2010-01-13. Alex Freyre and Jose Maria di Bello made headlines around the world Dec, 28, 2009, as the first same-sex couple in Latin America to marry. http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=24067
Religion
Religion and Women By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 9, 2010. Religions derive their power and popularity in part from the ethical compass they offer. So why do so many faiths help perpetuate something that most of us regard as profoundly unethical: the oppression of women? http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/opinion/10kristof.html?th&emc=th
In Malaysia, Uproar Grows Over Use of Word ‘Allah’ By SETH MYDANS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 10, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/11/world/asia/11malaysia.html?ref=global-home
Entertainment
O’Brien Will Leave ‘Tonight Show,’ NBC Says Copyright By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: January 21, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/21/business/AP-US-TV-Conan-Leno.html?scp=5&sq=O%92Brien%20Will%20Leave%20%91Tonight%20Show,%92%20NBC%20Says%20&st=cse
O’Brien Undone by His Media-Hopping Fans By BILL CARTER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 24, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/business/media/25conan.html?scp=1&sq=O%92Brien%20Will%20Leave%20%91Tonight%20Show,%92%20NBC%20Says%20&st=cse
Conan O'Brien slams NBC executives on 'Tonight Show' By Dana Kavan. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. January 12, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-101112-conan-fires-back-nbc,0,1453491.story
Humor
Anniversary special: The 20 best things HOMER SIMPSON ever said. Copyright by The Washington Post. January 10, 2010 http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2010/01/anniversary_special_the_20_bes.html?hpid=topnews
My surgery yesterday was successful. I hope to have a speedy recovery so that I can be back up to speed in about six weeks. Thanks to all that have expressed support and concern.
Ps. If you would like to subscribe to this newsletter, just go to my website: www.carlostmock.com and go the the subscription link. It will appear in your email every week.
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” The book is out. you can buy it at: http://www.carlostmock.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=32&osCsid=a0b517e687814469f8153c5070d69f99
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Saturday, January 9, 2010
I love this Country Mini-Newsletter - January 9, 2009
"I love this country. It is a great nation, and it wasn't made that way by angry persons." - Garrison" Keillor
International
Chávez Devalues Currency Amid Oil Fall By SIMON ROMERO. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 8, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/world/americas/09venez.html?hpw
China
China Tries a New Tack to Go Solar By KEITH BRADSHER. Copyright by Reuters. Published: January 8, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/business/energy-environment/09solar.html?hpw
Mess-o-potamia
Bomber Who Killed C.I.A. Officers Appears in Video By STEPHEN FARRELL. Copyright by Reuters. Published: January 9, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/world/middleeast/10balawi.html?ref=global-home
National
Obama Tries to Turn Focus to Jobs, if Other Events Allow By JACKIE CALMES. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 8, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/business/economy/09assess.html?hpw
Courts Roll Back Limits on Spending in Election Law By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 8, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/us/politics/09donate.html?hpw
Chicagoland
Kirk's sexuality questioned; Meister weighs in by Andrew Davis. Copyright by The Windy City Times. 2010-01-06 http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=24004
Climate change
Winter Breaks Budgets and Rules the Road By SUSAN SAULNY. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: January 8, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/us/09roads.html?hpw
Health Care Reform
Obama Says Benefits From Health Care Overhaul Would Be Immediate By JEFF ZELENY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 9, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/health/policy/10webaddress.html?hpw
GOP Bashing
Steele's book release, fiery rhetoric fuel dissatisfaction within GOP By Philip Rucker and Chris Cillizza. Copyright by The Washington Post. Saturday, January 9, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/07/AR2010010703699.html?wpisrc=nl_pmpolitics
Obama criticized on airline incident when Bush wasn't By Josh Gerstein. December 31, 2009. Copyright © 2010 The Seattle Times Company and Politico.com http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010643179_airlineprez31.html
Your Money
Newly Frugal Generation Revives Discount Dining - Early bird dinners draw a younger crowd in North Miami. By DAMIEN CAVE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 8, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/business/economy/09earlybird.html?hpw
Immigration
For Immigrants, New Travel Concerns By ANNE BARNARD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 8, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/nyregion/09screen.html?th&emc=th
GLBT
Marriage repeal efforts in N.H., Iowa. News update Wed., Jan. 5, 2010 by Lisa Keen ©2010 Keen News Service http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=24040
A closer look at the N.J. Senate marriage vote. News update Friday, Jan. 8, 2010 by Chuck Colbert ©2010 Keen News Service http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=24053
History-making gay judge set to retire by Byron Flitsch. Copyright by The Windy City Times. 2010-01-06 http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=23990
reliquia portenas http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=IL&hl=en&v=S-mkR-KoPts
Technology
The War For the Web by Tim O'Reilly. Copyright by by Tim O'Reilly and radar o'reilly.com. On Friday, my latest tweet was automatically posted to my Facebook news feed, as always. But this time, Tom Scoville noticed a difference: the link in the posting was no longer active. It turns out that a lot of other people had noticed this too. Mashable wrote about the problem on Saturday morning: Facebook Unlinks Your Twitter Links. http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/11/the-war-for-the-web.html
A Deluge of Devices for Reading and Surfing By BRAD STONE and NICK BILTON. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 8, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/technology/personaltech/09reader.html?ref=global-home
H.P. Working on ‘Half-Pint’ Android Tablet By NICK BILTON. Copyright by The New York Times. January 8, 2010, 6:44 PM, Update | 7:33 p.m. Includes Hewlett-Packard’s response. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/08/hp-working-on-halfpint-android-tablet/?hpw
The Pogie Awards for the Year’s Best Tech Ideas By DAVID POGUE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 30, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/technology/personaltech/31pogue.html?_r=2&th&emc=th
Travel
The 31 Places to Go in 2010 Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 10, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/travel/10places.html?th&emc=th
36 Hours in New York City By AMY VIRSHUP. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 10, 2010. URBAN renewal. The phrase conjures up government-backed megaprojects from the ’70s, but it’s organic to New York, where someone is always getting off the bus, train or plane. In the last year, the city has opened a hot new park, Lincoln Center celebrated its 50th anniversary with a major face-lift that includes a new fountain with 353 custom-made, computer-controlled nozzles, and the center of cool shifted innumerable times (but it’s probably still somewhere in Brooklyn). http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/travel/10hours.html?hpw
Entertainment
On this New Years Eve we will be blessed with a...Blue Moon... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxpnPKxEA1o
Humor
WEAKLY HUMERUS NEWS 01-09-10 AIMED AT YOUR FUNNY BONE http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/01/weakly-humerus-news-01-09-10-aimed-at.html
Bodhisattva in metro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jedd2FiZTqM
My surgery yesterday was successful. I hope to have a speedy recovery so that I can be back up to speed in about six weeks. Thanks to all that have expressed support and concern.
Ps. If you would like to subscribe to this newsletter, just go to my website: www.carlostmock.com and go the the subscription link. It will appear in your email every week.
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” The book is out. you can buy it at: http://www.carlostmock.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=32&osCsid=a0b517e687814469f8153c5070d69f99
If you received this email and wish to be removed from the list, please return the newsletter with “cancel” on the “subject line.”
International
Chávez Devalues Currency Amid Oil Fall By SIMON ROMERO. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 8, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/world/americas/09venez.html?hpw
China
China Tries a New Tack to Go Solar By KEITH BRADSHER. Copyright by Reuters. Published: January 8, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/business/energy-environment/09solar.html?hpw
Mess-o-potamia
Bomber Who Killed C.I.A. Officers Appears in Video By STEPHEN FARRELL. Copyright by Reuters. Published: January 9, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/world/middleeast/10balawi.html?ref=global-home
National
Obama Tries to Turn Focus to Jobs, if Other Events Allow By JACKIE CALMES. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 8, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/business/economy/09assess.html?hpw
Courts Roll Back Limits on Spending in Election Law By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 8, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/us/politics/09donate.html?hpw
Chicagoland
Kirk's sexuality questioned; Meister weighs in by Andrew Davis. Copyright by The Windy City Times. 2010-01-06 http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=24004
Climate change
Winter Breaks Budgets and Rules the Road By SUSAN SAULNY. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: January 8, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/us/09roads.html?hpw
Health Care Reform
Obama Says Benefits From Health Care Overhaul Would Be Immediate By JEFF ZELENY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 9, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/health/policy/10webaddress.html?hpw
GOP Bashing
Steele's book release, fiery rhetoric fuel dissatisfaction within GOP By Philip Rucker and Chris Cillizza. Copyright by The Washington Post. Saturday, January 9, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/07/AR2010010703699.html?wpisrc=nl_pmpolitics
Obama criticized on airline incident when Bush wasn't By Josh Gerstein. December 31, 2009. Copyright © 2010 The Seattle Times Company and Politico.com http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010643179_airlineprez31.html
Your Money
Newly Frugal Generation Revives Discount Dining - Early bird dinners draw a younger crowd in North Miami. By DAMIEN CAVE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 8, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/business/economy/09earlybird.html?hpw
Immigration
For Immigrants, New Travel Concerns By ANNE BARNARD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 8, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/nyregion/09screen.html?th&emc=th
GLBT
Marriage repeal efforts in N.H., Iowa. News update Wed., Jan. 5, 2010 by Lisa Keen ©2010 Keen News Service http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=24040
A closer look at the N.J. Senate marriage vote. News update Friday, Jan. 8, 2010 by Chuck Colbert ©2010 Keen News Service http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=24053
History-making gay judge set to retire by Byron Flitsch. Copyright by The Windy City Times. 2010-01-06 http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=23990
reliquia portenas http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=IL&hl=en&v=S-mkR-KoPts
Technology
The War For the Web by Tim O'Reilly. Copyright by by Tim O'Reilly and radar o'reilly.com. On Friday, my latest tweet was automatically posted to my Facebook news feed, as always. But this time, Tom Scoville noticed a difference: the link in the posting was no longer active. It turns out that a lot of other people had noticed this too. Mashable wrote about the problem on Saturday morning: Facebook Unlinks Your Twitter Links. http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/11/the-war-for-the-web.html
A Deluge of Devices for Reading and Surfing By BRAD STONE and NICK BILTON. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 8, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/technology/personaltech/09reader.html?ref=global-home
H.P. Working on ‘Half-Pint’ Android Tablet By NICK BILTON. Copyright by The New York Times. January 8, 2010, 6:44 PM, Update | 7:33 p.m. Includes Hewlett-Packard’s response. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/08/hp-working-on-halfpint-android-tablet/?hpw
The Pogie Awards for the Year’s Best Tech Ideas By DAVID POGUE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: December 30, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/technology/personaltech/31pogue.html?_r=2&th&emc=th
Travel
The 31 Places to Go in 2010 Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 10, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/travel/10places.html?th&emc=th
36 Hours in New York City By AMY VIRSHUP. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: January 10, 2010. URBAN renewal. The phrase conjures up government-backed megaprojects from the ’70s, but it’s organic to New York, where someone is always getting off the bus, train or plane. In the last year, the city has opened a hot new park, Lincoln Center celebrated its 50th anniversary with a major face-lift that includes a new fountain with 353 custom-made, computer-controlled nozzles, and the center of cool shifted innumerable times (but it’s probably still somewhere in Brooklyn). http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/travel/10hours.html?hpw
Entertainment
On this New Years Eve we will be blessed with a...Blue Moon... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxpnPKxEA1o
Humor
WEAKLY HUMERUS NEWS 01-09-10 AIMED AT YOUR FUNNY BONE http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/01/weakly-humerus-news-01-09-10-aimed-at.html
Bodhisattva in metro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jedd2FiZTqM
My surgery yesterday was successful. I hope to have a speedy recovery so that I can be back up to speed in about six weeks. Thanks to all that have expressed support and concern.
Ps. If you would like to subscribe to this newsletter, just go to my website: www.carlostmock.com and go the the subscription link. It will appear in your email every week.
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” The book is out. you can buy it at: http://www.carlostmock.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=32&osCsid=a0b517e687814469f8153c5070d69f99
If you received this email and wish to be removed from the list, please return the newsletter with “cancel” on the “subject line.”
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