Hitler In August Newsletter - August 22, 2009

Hitler In August Newsletter - August 22, 2009

“There isn't much we can do about the convergence of technology and the persistent plague of narcissism, but there is something we can do about Hitler. The moment he shows up in any form, turn off the cameras. Consider it an act of nonviolent protest -- and self-respect.” Kathleen Parker

Hitler In August By Kathleen Parker. Copyright by The Washington Post. Sunday, August 23, 2009. Midway through the month's town hall meetings on health care, it seems the shark has jumped the shark -- and even Hitler must be sick of himself. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/21/AR2009082102310.html

Barney Frank's Town Hall Snaps http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-august-19-2009/barney-frank-s-town-hall-snaps





International

In North Korea, Clinton Helped Unveil a Mystery By MARK LANDLER and MARK MAZZETTI. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 18, 2009. WASHINGTON — The visit was arranged under a veil of secrecy with the help of an unlikely broker: a high-level American intelligence officer who spent much of his career trying to unlock the mysteries of North Korea. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/world/asia/19korea.html?ref=global-home

N Korea strikes deal with South - Pyongyang eases border restrictions By Christian Oliver in Seoul. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 17 2009 09:42 | Last updated: August 17 2009 09:42 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9425f70c-8b09-11de-9f50-00144feabdc0.html

Russia Says Ship and Crew Are Found Safe By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: August 17, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/world/europe/18ship.html?ref=global-home

20 Die in Suicide Bombing in Russia By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: August 17, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/world/europe/18russia.html?_r=1&ref=global-home

Scotland Lets Lockerbie Convict Return to Libya By JOHN F. BURNS and ALAN COWELL. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 20, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/world/europe/21lockerbie.html?ref=global-home

Financial Times Editorial Comment: Justice and power. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 21 2009 19:21 | Last updated: August 21 2009 19:21. Scottish justice minister Kenny MacAskill used his 15 minutes of fame to full effect this week, explaining the release of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, in terms of “compassion and mercy”. A higher authority would now take over, he intoned, with a sentence “terminal, final and irrevocable”. Mr al-Megrahi is expected to die from cancer within three months. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2a7bd4de-8e7e-11de-87d0-00144feabdc0.html

Obama seeks house arrest for Megrahi - US condemns Scotland’s decision to release Lockerbie bomber By Andrew Bolger in Edinburgh, Daniel Dombey in Washington and Heba Saleh in Cairo. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 20 2009 15:54 | Last updated: August 20 2009 23:53 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bb5dac38-8d94-11de-93df-00144feabdc0.html

Japan’s Economy Shows Signs of Improvement By HIROKO TABUCHI. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 16, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/17/business/global/17econ.html?th&emc=th

German data fuel deflation fears - July producer prices fall 7.8% By Ralph Atkins in Frankfurt. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 19 2009 11:32 | Last updated: August 19 2009 11:32 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f9ad308c-8ca7-11de-a540-00144feabdc0.html

German economic recovery powers ahead - Service sector helps boost eurozone PMI By Ralph Atkins in Frankfurt. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 21 2009 10:12 | Last updated: August 21 2009 10:12 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ab84cf5a-8e2d-11de-87d0-00144feabdc0.html



China

China jails four for Microsoft piracy - Windows XP offered for free By Justine Lau in Hong Kong. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 21 2009 05:43 | Last updated: August 21 2009 09:55 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/37ecd29c-8e08-11de-93df-00144feabdc0.html

China’s lending boom lifts ICBC - Profits rise at world’s biggest bank By Jamil Anderlini in Beijing. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 20 2009 10:39 | Last updated: August 20 2009 13:13 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5d4f2f6c-8d6d-11de-93df-00144feabdc0.html




Mess-o-potamia

Afghan Election Poses New Tests for Washington By HELENE COOPER and CARLOTTA GALL. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 21, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/22/world/asia/22kabul.html?scp=1&sq=Afghan%20Election%20Poses%20New%20Tests%20for%20Washington&st=cse

Afghanistandecision '09 - Election Day" http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-august-20-2009/afghanistandecision--09---election-day

At Least 95 Killed in Series of Attacks in Baghdad By SAM DAGHER9. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: August 19, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/world/middleeast/20iraq.html?_r=1&ref=global-home

Clerics’ Call for Removal Challenges Iran Leader By ROBERT F. WORTH and NAZILA FATHI. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 16, 2009. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A group of Iranian clerics has issued an anonymous letter calling Iran’s supreme leader a dictator and demanding his removal, the latest and perhaps strongest rhetorical attack on him yet in the country’s post-election turmoil. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/17/world/middleeast/17iran.html?th&emc=th

Ahmadinejad Nominee Is Wanted in ’94 Bombing By MICHAEL SLACKMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 21, 2009. CAIRO — The man nominated to serve as Iran’s defense minister is wanted by Interpol in connection with the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center in Buenos Aires, confronting Iran with yet another challenge to its international reputation after an electoral dispute undermined its legitimacy at home and abroad. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/22/world/middleeast/22iran.html?th&emc=th

Cairo pushes Obama on Mideast By Daniel Dombey in Washington and Vita Bekker in Tel Aviv. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 19 2009 01:50 | Last updated: August 19 2009 01:50 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c53beb18-8c57-11de-b14f-00144feabdc0.html

National

Supreme Court to Hear Case on Executive Pay By ADAM LIPTAK. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 17, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/us/18bar.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

Under Agreement, UBS to Give Up Over 4,000 Names By LYNNLEY BROWNING. Copyright by Reuters. Published: August 19, 2009. The Swiss banking giant UBS on Wednesday reached a final deal with the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service in which it will ultimately disclose names and account details for more than 4,450 wealthy Americans suspected of tax evasion. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/business/global/20ubs.html?ref=global-home

U.S. Indicts Two in Switzerland on Tax Charges By LYNNLEY BROWNING. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 21, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/22/business/global/22tax.html?ref=global-home

Switzerland Selling Its Stake in UBS By MATTHEW SALTMARSH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 20, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/business/global/21iht-ubs.html?adxnnl=1&ref=global-home&adxnnlx=1250787731-oM05sXPXSOWTKJHbrdFV9g

3 Indicted in Theft of 130 Million Card Numbers By BRAD STONE. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: August 17, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/technology/18card.html?th&emc=th

U.S. Files Age Bias Suit Against AT&T. Copyright By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: August 20, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/technology/companies/21phone.html?th&emc=th

Ailing Kennedy Asks for Speedy Replacement Process By Perry Bacon Jr. Copyright by The Washington Post. August 20, 2009 http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2009/08/ailing_kennedy_asks_for_speedy.html



Health Care reform

Obama Calls Health Plan a ‘Moral Obligation’ By JEFF ZELENY and CARL HULSE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 19, 2009. WASHINGTON — President Obama sought Wednesday to reframe the health care debate as “a core ethical and moral obligation,” imploring a coalition of religious leaders to help promote the plan to lower costs and expand insurance coverage for all Americans. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/us/politics/20obama.html?th&emc=th

Democrats Seem Set to Go It Alone on a Health Bill By CARL HULSE and JEFF ZELENY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 18, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/health/policy/19repubs.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: Reform health care without GOP. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. August 20, 2009. Bipartisanship is overrated if it gets you nowhere. It's worth trying -- as the Obama administration has done in its push to reform the nation's health insurance system. But if bipartisanship produces nothing, if it leaves us with the broken health-care system we have, we say it's time to move on. http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1725208,CST-EDT-edit20b.article

"Keep government out of Medicare?" Not easy By Clarence Page. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. August 09, 2009 http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/pagespage/2009/08/medicare-fantasies.html

Health Care’s Generation Gap By RICHARD DOOLING. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 16, 2009. IN the 1980s, I worked as a respiratory therapist in intensive-care units in the Midwest, taking care of elderly, dying patients on ventilators. I remember marveling, along with the young doctors and nurses I worked with, over how many millions of dollars were spent performing insanely expensive procedures, scans and tests on patients who would never regain consciousness or leave the hospital. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/17/opinion/17dooling.html?th&emc=th

It's Time to Legalize Drugs By Peter Moskos and Stanford "Neill" Franklin. Copyright by The Washington Post. Monday, August 17, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/16/AR2009081601758.html



GOP Bashing

Pentagon Shift Gives Names of Detainees to Red Cross By ERIC SCHMITT. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 22, 2009. WASHINGTON — In a reversal of Pentagon policy, the military for the first time is notifying the International Committee of the Red Cross of the identities of militants who were being held in secret at a camp in Iraq and another in Afghanistan run by United States Special Operations forces, according to three military officials. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/world/middleeast/23detain.html?_r=1&ref=global-home

C.I.A. Said to Use Outsiders to Put Bombs on Drones By JAMES RISEN and MARK MAZZETTI. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 20, 2009. WASHINGTON — From a secret division at its North Carolina headquarters, the company formerly known as Blackwater has assumed a role in Washington’s most important counterterrorism program: the use of remotely piloted drones to kill Al Qaeda’s leaders, according to government officials and current and former employees. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/us/21intel.html?th&emc=th

C.I.A. Sought Blackwater’s Help in Plan to Kill Jihadists By MARK MAZZETTI. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 19, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/us/20intel.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

The Gun Show - Barrel Fever http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-august-18-2009/the-gun-show---barrel-fever

Fox News: The New Liberals http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-august-19-2009/fox-news--the-new-liberals


Chicagoland

City of Chicago offices will be closed Monday to save money. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. August 17, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-city-offices-brief-17-aug17,0,5772004.story

Chicago's parking-meter lease draws lawsuit - Group says deal with private company is 'illegal' By Kristen Mack. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. August 20, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-parking-meters-suit-20aug20,0,3226528.story

It's official: Chicago Cubs to sell to Ricketts family By Ameet Sachdev. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. August 21, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-chicago-cubs-sale-ricketts-aug21,0,2253874.story?track=email-alert-breakingnews

Lakeview crime and meeting: A closer look by John Fenoglio. Copyright by The Windy City Times. 2009-08-19 http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=22121

Chicago feds indict Mexican drug cartel leaders By Jeff Coen. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. August 20, 2009 11:09 AM. Calling it the most significant narcotics conspiracy case of its kind ever in Chicago, authorities today announced indictments against leaders of warring Mexican drug cartels blamed for increasing violence south of the border and for bringing up to four tons of cocaine to the city each month for national distribution. http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/08/feds-to-announce-major-drug-investigation-here.html



Economy

World Bankers Suggest Rebound May Be Under Way By EDMUND L. ANDREWS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 21, 2009. JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. — Central bankers from around the world expressed growing confidence on Friday that the worst of the financial crisis was over and that a global economic recovery was beginning to take shape. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/22/business/economy/22fed.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

Fed Chairman Says American Economy Is Poised to Grow By EDMUND L. ANDREWS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 21, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/22/business/economy/22fed.html?_r=1&ref=global-home

Bernanke, a Hero to His Own, Can’t Shake Critics By EDMUND L. ANDREWS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 19, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/business/20bernanke.html?th&emc=th

Rise of the Super-Rich Hits a Sobering Wall By DAVID LEONHARDT and GERALDINE FABRIKANT. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 20, 2009. But economists say — and data is beginning to show — that a significant change may in fact be under way. The rich, as a group, are no longer getting richer. Over the last two years, they have become poorer. And many may not return to their old levels of wealth and income anytime soon. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/business/economy/21inequality.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

Maybe It’s Time to Change Credit Cards By RON LIEBER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 21, 2009. If you’re like most credit card customers, you’ve gotten notes from your bank in recent weeks. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/22/your-money/credit-and-debit-cards/22money.html?th&emc=th

Good News/Bad News - America's Recession http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-august-20-2009/good-news-bad-news---america-s-recession

Obama Admin. To End Cash for Clunkers on Monday. Copyright By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: August 20, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/08/20/business/AP-US-Cash-for-Clunkers.html?emc=na

Seized Texas Bank Sold to Spanish Firm - Guaranty Deal Shows FDIC's Willingness to Broaden Search for Buyers By Binyamin Appelbaum. Copyright by The Washington Post Saturday, August 22, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/21/AR2009082103414.html?hpid=topnews



Housing

Existing US home sales jump 7.2% in July - Biggest monthly rise on record By Sarah O’Connor in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 21 2009 16:15 | Last updated: August 21 2009 16:15 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c8ed9fa0-8e63-11de-87d0-00144feabdc0.html

Chicago-area home sales improve in July, but median price drops - City doesn't follow trend; sales decline 11.3% By Mary Ellen Podmolik. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. August 22, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/chi-sat-home-sales-0822-aug22,0,3098769.story

US homebuilder sentiment swells in August By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 17 2009 18:04 | Last updated: August 17 2009 18:04 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0f698990-8b48-11de-9f50-00144feabdc0.html

Real estate rebound? Existing-home sales inch upward in Chicago region. July's small year-over-year gain is the 1st in at least 2 years; housing prices still depressed By Mary Ellen Podmolik. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. August 18, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/chi-tue-home-sales-0818aug18,0,6634318.story


Commodities

Oil dips ahead of US inventories data - Metals tarnished after China stocks tumble By Chris Flood. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 19 2009 12:03 | Last updated: August 19 2009 12:03 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d3c18934-8cae-11de-a540-00144feabdc0.html

The Greenback Effect By WARREN E. BUFFETT. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 18, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/opinion/19buffett.html?ref=global

The Dollar: Soon to Swoon? - Bearish pronouncements on the greenback from Buffett and Pimco add to the market's unease. Here's what investors need to know By Ben Steverman. Copyright by Business Week. August 20, 2009 http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/aug2009/pi20090820_935348.htm?campaign_id=widget_topStories



GLBT

Gay & Lesbian According to Jim - An openly gay candidate makes a historic run. By Jason A. Heidemann. Copyright by Time Out Chicago. Issue 233 : Aug 13–19, 2009. Jim Madigan’s humble start suggests the opening scenes of a biopic. He was born and raised in the Rust Belt town of Niles, Ohio, to a father who owned a cigar shop (and later ran a local chapter of AMVETS) and a mom who baby-sat. With his campaign for state Senate in District 7, Madigan looks to complete that biopic trajectory: If successful, he would become the Illinois Senate’s first openly gay member. Recently, we met with Madigan to discuss his political ambitions over Chinese food in Uptown, where he maintains a modest campaign office above Crew Bar and Grill. On Tuesday 18, he holds a fund-raiser at Wilde Bar. http://chicago.timeout.com/articles/gay/77393/jim-madigan

Bill Clinton regrets DOMA and DADT by Rex Wockner and Bill Kelley. Copyright by The Windy City Times and Rex Wockner. 2009-08-19. Former President Bill Clinton said Aug. 13 that he regrets the way his Don't Ask, Don't Tell military gay ban was implemented, and that he doesn't "like" the Defense of Marriage Act he signed into law. http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=22118

Chicagoans part of nationwide kiss-in by TRACY BAIM. Copyright by The Windy City times. 2009-08-19. Thousands of people took to the streets in dozens of cities Sat., Aug. 15 as part of "The Great Nationwide Kiss-In" to protest recent harassment and arrests of same-sex couples for kissing in public. Two events were planned for the Chicago area, one in Oak Park and one downtown at Millennium Park's "Bean" sculpture. As hundreds of tourists streamed by the popular visitor's destination, including several straight wedding parties, kissers of all sexual orientations smooched for the cameras and public. There were no negative response, and many non-gays approached the literature table to find out more information. http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=22103

A Conservative’s Road to Same-Sex Marriage Advocacy By JO BECKER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 18, 2009. Theodore B. Olson’s office is a testament to his iconic status in the conservative legal movement. A framed photograph of Ronald Reagan, the first of two Republican presidents Mr. Olson served, is warmly inscribed with “heartfelt thanks.” Fifty-five white quills commemorate each of his appearances before the Supreme Court, where he most famously argued the 2000 election case that put George W. Bush in the White House. On the bookshelf sits a Defense Department medal honoring his legal defense of Mr. Bush’s counterterrorism policies after Sept. 11. But in a war room down the hall, where Mr. Olson is preparing for what he believes could be the most important case of his career, the binders stuffed with briefs, case law and notes offer a different take on a man many liberals love to hate. They are filled with arguments Mr. Olson hopes will lead to a Supreme Court decision with the potential to reshape the legal and social landscape along the lines of cases like Brown v. Board of Education and Roe v. Wade: the legalization of same-sex marriage nationwide. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/us/19olson.html?th&emc=th

An odd silence on gay marriage By Steve Chapman. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. August 20, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped0820chapmanaug20,0,5209849.column

An odd silence on gay marriage By Carlos T Mock, MD. August 22, 2009. The case for allowing gays to marry begins with equality, pure and simple. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/08/odd-silence-on-gay-marriage_22.html

Obama Says Marriage Law Should Be Repealed - Justice Dept. Filing Distances Administration From Arguments That Angered Gays By Carrie Johnson. Copyright by The Washington Post. Tuesday, August 18, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/17/AR2009081702722.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter

Lutheran Group Eases Limits on Gay Clergy By MICHAEL LUO and CHRISTINA CAPECCHI. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 21, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/22/us/22lutherans.html?th&emc=th

Gay Scientists Isolate Christian Gene http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCzbNkyXO50


Technology

AT&T can block cheap net calls on iPhone - Telecom giant has veto power over some applications By Joseph Menn in San Francisco. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 22 2009 01:43 | Last updated: August 22 2009 01:43 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c4ed0ea0-8eb2-11de-87d0-00144feabdc0.html

Apple Answers the FCC’s Questions. We are pleased to respond to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau’s inquiry dated July 31, 2009, requesting information regarding Apple’s App Store and its application approval process. In order to give the Bureau some context for our responses, we begin with some background information about the iPhone and the App Store. http://www.apple.com/hotnews/apple-answers-fcc-questions/

H.P. Tries to Keep the Ink Flowing By ASHLEE VANCE. Copyright by The The New York Times. Published: August 18, 2009. You’ve heard about the fears of a jobless economic recovery. For Hewlett-Packard, there is an even darker threat looming as the world works its way out of a recession: an inkless recovery. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/technology/companies/19hewlett.html?th&emc=th

Google Rivals Will Oppose Book Settlement By MIGUEL HELFT. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 20, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/technology/internet/21google.html?th&emc=th

Dell joins stampede to launch smartphone - Unveils Android handset with China Mobile By Richard Waters in San Francisco. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 17 2009 19:11 | Last updated: August 17 2009 19:11 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c57709c4-8b57-11de-9f50-00144feabdc0.html

Tweets Will Soon Come With a Dateline By Claire Cain Miller. Copyright by The New York Times. August 20, 2009, 5:42 pm http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/tweets-will-soon-come-with-a-dateline/?th&emc=th


Other

The Paper That Doesn’t Want to Be Free By ERIC PFANNER. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: August 16, 2009. Not long ago, when other media executives were convinced that the only way to succeed on the Web was to give away their content, The Financial Times played the eccentric. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/17/business/media/17ft.html?th&emc=th

Robert Novak, Conservative Columnist, Is Dead at 78 By DOUGLAS MARTIN and JACQUES STEINBERG. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 18, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/business/media/19novak.html?_r=1&hp


Humor

sensodyne commercial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL1JtpRwu1g

CNN's Just Sayin' http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-august-18-2009/cnn-s-just-sayin-

"Poll Bearers" Videos http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-august-17-2009/poll-bearers

President Obama suffers of Bi-polar disease http://www.theonion.com/content/video/white_house_reveals_obama_is

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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

End of life care Newsletter - August 15, 2009

End of life care Newsletter - August 15, 2009

“Confronting the prospect of death isn't easy for anyone. So perhaps it's no surprise that few people talk with their doctors, nurses or loved ones about their wishes for end-of-life care. Surveys show that only 13 percent of Americans have established a living will laying out their desires for treatment near death, and shared it with their medical teams. We discuss end-of-life care with patients to fulfill our commitment to them throughout the course of their care. When a disease cannot be cured, we can assure our patients that we can make them comfortable in their last days. When these conversations are done in advance and done well, everyone benefits -- patients, families and all members of our care teams. As practitioners, we know from experience that discussions with patients in the end stages of their cancers and with their family members may be long and emotional, but ultimately lead to end-of-life care centered on the patient's wishes. We have seen many patients who were well-cared-for by their families, with professional help, and were comfortable in their surroundings. We know, through research and through our own experience, that patients who have discussed end-of-life care make better-informed treatment decisions, experience less pain and depression, and fare better overall.” Douglas W. Blayney and Brenda Nevidjon - Douglas W. Blayney, MD, is president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan. He specializes in the treatment of breast cancer and lymphoma and was in private practice for 17 years in California. Brenda Nevidjon, RN, is president of the Oncology Nursing Society and clinical professor of nursing at Duke University School of Nursing. She was the first nurse and first woman to be chief operating officer of Duke University Hospital.

Commentary: 'Death panel' rumors are false By Douglas W. Blayney and Brenda Nevidjon. Copyright by CNN News. August 14, 2009. (CNN) -- The heated national debate on health care reform has taken an unusual turn, with many eyes focused on a minor provision regarding end-of-life care embedded in the House bill. The measure provides coverage for Medicare beneficiaries who elect to meet with their medical team once every five years to discuss options for treatment if they become seriously ill. It's called end-of-life care or advance care planning. http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/14/blayney.death.discussions/index.html

In the embrace of her family By Carlos T. Mock. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. August 9, 2009. In my 20 years as a physician in the Chicago area, I never understood the fear of relatives to have their loved ones die at home. Instead, I saw mutilated corpses with more tubes and trinkets than a carnival attraction dying alone and in misery. With the advent of hospice for terminal diseases, there is no need to have your loved one in a hospital setting for his/her death. Not only it is extremely expensive: it is also extremely "sterile." http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/art/chi-perspec0809deathaug09,0,6165269.storyv

Losing mom: Sharing a life at the time of death By Don Sorsa. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. August 9, 2009. Editor's note: The author wrote this piece Aug. 4, the day his mother died. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-perspec0809momaug09,0,5047635.story

Broken tubes By Paul Krugtman. Copyright by The New York Times. August 10, 2009, 6:09 pm. Meanwhile, two quick links. Some wise words here, about the reality Obama needs to face — namely, that he faces truly crazy opponents, that it’s not just politics as usual. And just as an illustration: a number of people have pointed this out, but here’s the latest in the “Obama’s health reform will kill people” news: Investor’s Business Daily — which poses as a reputable source of financial information — opines that: “People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn’t have a chance in the U.K., where the National Health Service would say the life of this brilliant man, because of his physical handicaps, is essentially worthless.” That would be Stephen Hawking, British professor, who was born in the UK and has lived there for his whole life. http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/broken-tubes/

Washington Post Editorial: 'Death Panel' Sideshow - Demagoguery obscures the value of end-of-life planning. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, August 14, 2009. THE DEBATE over health reform has veered into a peripheral and misleading discussion of whether it includes a scheme to pressure senior citizens into pulling the plug. The most extreme misrepresentation has "death panels," as former Alaska governor Sarah Palin colorfully put it, deciding who is too old or too disabled to merit treatment. This is a distorted interpretation, to say the least. The debate threatens sensible policy on end-of-life discussions and in the separate realm of reforming the health-care system. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/13/AR2009081303107.html

Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: GOP scare tactics could hurt seniors. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. August 15, 2009. First, a faction of Republican politicians took a perfectly reasonable health-care benefit for senior citizens -- end-of-life counseling -- and turned it into the boogeyman. http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1717889,CST-EDT-edit16.article

Healthcare paranoia is part of America’s culture war By Edward Luce. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 14 2009 18:39 | Last updated: August 14 2009 18:39. Barack Obama has been accused by his more constructive critics of mishandling America’s increasingly deranged debate over healthcare reform: The president should have spelt out his own plan, they say, rather than outsourcing the details to his colleagues on Capitol Hill. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3a627422-88f5-11de-b50f-00144feabdc0.html

Keith Olbermann Special Comment On Sarah Palin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5HgfwPtxLw

False ‘Death Panel’ Rumor Has Some Familiar Roots By JIM RUTENBERG and JACKIE CALMES. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: August 13, 2009. WASHINGTON — The stubborn yet false rumor that President Obama’s health care proposals would create government-sponsored “death panels” to decide which patients were worthy of living seemed to arise from nowhere in recent weeks. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/health/policy/14panel.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

August 10, 2009: Healther Skelter - Obama Death Panel Debate http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-august-10-2009/healther-skelter---obama-death-panel-debate



International

Death Toll Rises as Typhoons Soak Asia By MICHAEL WINES. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: August 10, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/world/asia/11china.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

In Europe, Economic Signs Point to a Recovery By CARTER DOUGHERTY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 13, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/business/global/14euro.html?_r=1&ref=global-home

Senator Wins Promise to Free American in Myanmar By SETH MYDANS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 15, 2009. BANGKOK — Senator Jim Webb of Virginia held a rare meeting on Saturday in Myanmar with the leader of the ruling junta, Senior Gen. Than Shwe, and emerged with a promise to free a detained American, officials said, at a time when the United States has said it is reassessing its hard line toward Myanmar’s repressive military government. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/world/asia/16myanmar.html?ref=global-home



China

W.T.O. Rules Against China’s Limits on Media Imports By KEITH BRADSHER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 12, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/business/global/13trade.html?ref=global-home

An Online Market Flourishes in China By DAVID BARBOZA. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 9, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/technology/start-ups/10taobao.html?th&emc=th

China Scales Back Software Filter Plan By MICHAEL WINES. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 13, 2009. BEIJING — Chinese officials retreated on Thursday from a plan to install so-called anti-pornography software on every computer sold here, saying instead that Internet cafes, schools and other public places must use the program, but that individual consumers will be spared. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/world/asia/14censor.html?th&emc=th

Beijing sets date for emissions cut - China unwilling to accept ceiling in short term By Kathrin Hille in Beijing. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 14 2009 23:33 | Last updated: August 14 2009 23:33. China’s carbon emissions will start falling by 2050, its top climate change policymaker said, the first time the world’s largest emitter has given such a time-frame. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d11ae554-88fd-11de-b50f-00144feabdc0.html



Mess-o-potamia

Iranian Acknowledges Torture of Some Protesters By ROBERT F. WORTH and NAZILA FATHI. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: August 8, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/world/middleeast/09iran.html?th&emc=th

Rapes Are Alleged in Iranian Prison By ALAN COWELL. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 10, 2009. PARIS — As dispute swirls around events at a notorious prison used to incarcerate political opponents after Iran’s June 12 election, a leading reformist candidate in the vote said some inmates, both male and female, had been raped, according to news reports Monday. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/world/middleeast/11iran.html?ref=global-home

Bomb Kills 7 Near NATO’s Afghan Headquarters By CARLOTTA GALL. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 15, 2009. KABUL, Afghanistan — After a huge car bomb exploded in the center of the capital on Saturday morning, killing seven people and wounding 91, President Hamid Karzai said Afghans would not be deterred from voting in national elections in five days. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/world/asia/16afghan.html?_r=1&ref=global-home

Iraqis Take the Lead, With U.S. Trailing By ROD NORDLAND. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 8, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/world/middleeast/09diyala.html?th&emc=th

47 Are Killed in Bombings in Baghdad and Northern Iraq By SAM DAGHER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 10, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/world/middleeast/11iraq.html?_r=1&ref=global-home

Iraq’s Shiites Show Restraint After Attacks By ROD NORDLAND. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 11, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/world/middleeast/12shiite.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

Pakistan Says Feud Kills a Top Militant By ISMAIL KHAN and SABRINA TAVERNISE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 8, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/world/asia/09pstan.html?th&emc=th


National

9 Dead After Copter and Plane Collide Over Hudson By ROBERT D. McFADDEN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 8, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/continuous/09crash.html?th&emc=th

Climate Change Seen as Threat to U.S. Security By JOHN M. BRODER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 8, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/science/earth/09climate.html?_r=1&th&emc=th


Health Care reform

A Primer on the Details of Health Care Reform By ROBERT PEAR and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 9, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/health/policy/10facts.html?th&emc=th

The Massachusetts Model. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 8, 2009. Massachusetts’s experiment in near universal health care coverage has become a favorite whipping boy for opponents of health care reform. They claim the program is a fiscal disaster and that the whole country will be plunged into a similar disaster if President Obama and Congress’s Democratic leaders have their way. That is an egregious misreading of what is happening in Massachusetts. The state’s experience so far suggests that it is more than possible to insure almost all citizens and stay within planned budgets — although it will take great creativity and political will to hold down rising costs so that the program is sustainable. Three years after the program began, 97 percent of Massachusetts residents have health insurance — by far the highest rate in the nation. That has been achieved without huge increases in state spending. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/opinion/09sun1.html?th&emc=th

Getting aboard a health plan -- it's time to throw a lifeline to 60 million Americans By Eric Zorn. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. Friday, August 14, 2009 http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2009/08/getting-aboard-a-health-plan-its-time-to-throw-a-lifeline-to-60-million-americans.html

Thousands Line Up for Promise of Free Health Care By JENNIFER STEINHAUER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 12, 2009. INGLEWOOD, Calif. — They came for new teeth mostly, but also for blood pressure checks, mammograms, immunizations and acupuncture for pain. Neighboring South Los Angeles is a place where health care is scarce, and so when it was offered nearby, word got around. For the second day in a row, thousands of people lined up on Wednesday — starting after midnight and snaking into the early hours — for free dental, medical and vision services, courtesy of a nonprofit group that more typically provides mobile health care for the rural poor. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/health/13clinic.html?th&emc=th

New York Times Editorial: Health Reform and Small Business. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 12, 2009. The impact on small businesses has become a flashpoint in the increasingly raucous debate over health care reform. Trade associations are charging that the pending bills — which would require all businesses to provide coverage to their employees or pay a penalty — would place a huge financial burden on their members. Republican leaders are doing their best to inflame the fears and opposition of small business owners. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/opinion/13thu1.html?th&emc=th

The Gangs of D.C. - In the Senate, Small States Wield Outsize Power. Is This What the Founders Had in Mind? By Alec MacGillis. Copyright by The Washington Post. Sunday, August 9, 2009. Wonder why President Obama is having a hard time enacting his agenda after sweeping to victory and with large congressional majorities on his side? Look to the Senate, the chamber designed to thwart popular will. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/07/AR2009080702045.html

Health Care Fact Check http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/08/12/cb.fact.fiction.cnn

August 12, 2009: PR http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-august-12-2009/pr

British Leaders Defend Their Health Service By ROBERT MACKEY. Copyright by The New York Times. August 14, 2009, 12:38 PM. Updated | 6:46 p.m. Responding to attacks on Britain’s National Health Service by opponents of health insurance reform in the United States, British political leaders from the left and the right have taken to the airwaves, the blogwaves and the twitwaves to defend the government-run health care system known as the NHS. http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/british-leaders-defend-their-health-service/

August 13, 2009: Glenn Beck's Operation http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-august-13-2009/glenn-beck-s-operation

August 11, 2009: Reform Madness http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-august-11-2009/reform-madness

August 10, 2009: Healther Skelter http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-august-10-2009/healther-skelter

Dear Republicans Copyright by DailyKos. August 10, 2009. Over the past week, we have seen your passionate protests and heard your concerns about Democratic proposals for health care reform. We have considered your insightful and well reasoned arguments, and on behalf of progressives everywhere, I am here to say: OK! We give up! We are willing to compromise on the proposals that concern you. You've won! Yay! http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/08/dear-republicans.html

And You Thought a Prescription Was Private By MILT FREUDENHEIM. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 8, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/business/09privacy.html?th&emc=th

New Screening Could Lead to More Potent Cancer Drugs By NICHOLAS WADE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 13, 2009. Researchers have discovered a way to identify drugs that can specifically attack and kill cancer stem cells, a finding that could lead to a new generation of anticancer medicines and a new strategy of treatment. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/14/health/research/14cancer.html?_r=1&ref=global-home





GOP Bashing

A race card from the right wing By Clarence Page. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. August 16, 2009. I thought slavery reparations was a dead issue. Glenn Beck set me straight. The radio talk-show host and Fox News Channel star says President Barack Obama's proposed health-care overhaul is really "stealth reparations," a form of racial payback in Beck's words. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped0816pageaug16,0,7822008.column

August 11, 2009: Reform Madness - White Minority http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-august-11-2009/reform-madness---white-minority

New York Times Editorial: More Evidence of a Scandal. Copyright by the New York Times. Published: August 12, 2009. Documents released by Congress, including testimony from Karl Rove, offer powerful new evidence that the Bush administration fired top prosecutors who refused to use their offices to promote the electoral fortunes of Republicans. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/opinion/13thu2.html?ref=opinion

E-Mail Reveals Rove’s Key Role in ’06 Dismissals By ERIC LICHTBLAU. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 11, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/us/politics/12firings.html?th&emc=th

August 13, 2009: Class of '43 http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-august-13-2009/class-of—43

The feud between Bill O'Reilly and Keith Olbermann keeps viewers tuning in. Their corporate bosses may have called for a cease-fire, but Fox's Bill O'Reilly and MSNBC's Keith Olbermann keep on sparring. By Matea Gold. Copyright © 2009, The Los Angeles Times. August 15, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/la-et-cable15-2009aug15,0,2179965.story

August 13, 2009: Glenn-Harried Glenn-Lost http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/246560/august-13-2009/glenn-harried-glenn-lost

Governor’s Race Exposes Republican Rift in Texas By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: August 14, 2009. HOUSTON — Gov. Rick Perry looks as if he stepped out of a Marlboro billboard: square-jawed, weathered face, a shock of black hair, steely eyes. He even says “howdy” when he enters the room. His public persona is so folksy that many opponents have underestimated his political skills. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/15/us/15texas.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

Washington Post Editorial: More Quitters (R-Fla., R-Tex.) - And the governors of Texas and Florida, not the voters, will fill the resulting vacancies. Copyright by The Washington Post. Tuesday, August 11, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/10/AR2009081002602.html






Chicagoland

What's in Chicago aldermen's expense accounts - See how they spend the funds on car leases, a job for mom and more By Hal Dardick. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. August 16, 2009. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-chicago-aldermen-spend-16-aug16,0,261211.story

Senate candidate is wise beyond his years BY DON TERRY. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. August 13, 2009. LeAlan Jones has never let youth or inexperience hold him back. That's why at 30 Jones is bold enough to join the race for the U.S. Senate seat recently held by his fellow South Sider, President Obama. Jones is running on the Green Party of Illinois ticket. http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/1714483,CST-EDT-terry13.article

Madigan campaign kick off. Copyright by The Windy City times. 2009-08-12. Illinois State Senate candidate Jim Madigan officially kicked off his campaign to unseat incumbent Heather Steans Aug. 8 at his headquarters, 4802 N. Broadway. Talking with supporters, Madigan discussed his motivation for running: "For me, my values will guide my campaign—and my personal experiences will guide what kind of candidate I will be. My personal experience is to work hard; I have not had things handed to me. I want to do politics the way it should be done—working hard to meet people, to energize people [ and ] to inspire them to be involved....http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=22066

Chicago's newest area code: 872 By Wailin Wong. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. 10:54 AM CDT, August 10, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-biz-area-code-aug10,0,5935115.story

August 13, 2009: Rod Blagojevich's Quest for Rock Bottom http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-august-13-2009/rod-blagojevich-s-quest-for-rock-bottom


Economy

Fed Views Recession as Near an End By EDMUND L. ANDREWS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 12, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/business/economy/13fed.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

Fed Holds Rate Steady and Moves to End Debt Buying By EDMUND L. ANDREWS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 12, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/business/economy/13fed.html?hp

U.S. Imports Rose as Trade Deficit Widened in June By JACK HEALY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 12, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/business/13econ.html?ref=global-home

Productivity: Workers giving more at the office - Productivity soars as more companies push lean staffs and shore up bottom line By Tom Petruno. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. August 12, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-tc-biz-economy-0811-0812-aug12,0,2150050.story

US retail sales fall unexpectedly By Simone Baribeau in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 13 2009 13:33 | Last updated: August 13 2009 19:26 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2761e976-87ff-11de-82e4-00144feabdc0.html

Banks make $38bn from overdraft fees By Saskia Scholtes and Francesco Guerrera in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 9 2009 22:52 | Last updated: August 9 2009 22:52 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/43d18c68-851d-11de-9a64-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1

With Plastic, Beware and Be Informed By Michelle Singletary. Copyright by The Washington Post. Sunday, August 16, 2009. I was giving a talk recently and asked everyone who had credit cards to give them to me. Then I issued a challenge: Can anyone tell me at least three of the new reforms under the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/15/AR2009081500043.html?hpid=topnews

Beware the money wasters By Erin Burt. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. August 9, 2009. Nearly everyone has spending holes -- leaks in your budget that drain money with you hardly noticing. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-090809moneywasters-story,0,6701131.story

BB&T Takes Over Failing Colonial BancGroup By ERIC DASH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 14, 2009. Wall Street’s biggest banks may be roaring back to life, but trouble still lurks in corners of the financial industry that remain plagued by a legacy of bad investments. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/15/business/15bank.html?th&emc=th




GLBT

Caution on Fighting Marriage Ban By JESSE McKINLEY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 12, 2009. SAN FRANCISCO — One of California’s leading gay rights groups, Equality California, said Wednesday that it would not seek to overturn the state’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage next year, even as another group advocating for same-sex marriage said 2010 was the right time to go back to the ballot. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/us/13gay.html?th&emc=th

Push for domestic partner benefits is personal for advocates By Becky Yerak. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. August 9, 2009. In 1996, 30-year-old Michael McRaith got a phone call that haunts him to this day. His partner of two years, he learned, had taken his own life. "He had lost his job and did not have access to health insurance, and he was suffering through the trauma that many people do when they're without employment and fighting depression," McRaith recalled. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-sun-same-sex-benefits-aug09,0,393574.story

Talking with Equality Illinois' new CEO by Andrew Davis. Copyright by The Windy City Times. 2009-08-12 http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=22052

Pucker up Baby, it's time for a Kiss-in By Michael Lehet. 08.11.09. Recently the news has been filled with a lot of LGBT harrassment. There was a gay couple arrested in Salt Lake City for kissing on a public way that's owned by the Mormon Church. In El Paso, Texas a gay couple was ejected from an eatery because they were kissing. Is kissing that bad? Apparently it is, I wish someone would have told me! http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/08/pucker-up-baby-its-time-for-kiss-in.html

BUTTOCKS ENHANCEMENT by Dr. Omeed Memar and Jamey Bell, R.N. Copyright by Gay Chicago Magazine. July 30, 2009 http://www.gaychicagomagazine.com/advice/health.shtml



Immigration

Obama Sets Immigration Changes for 2010 By GINGER THOMPSON and MARC LACEY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 10, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/world/americas/11prexy.html?th&emc=th

Illegal immigrants face life-and-death decisions without health insurance - Trying to pay for organ transplants and follow-up medicine can be overwhelming By Antonio Olivo. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. August 11, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-immigrant-health-transplantaug11,0,3342811.story



Technology

GM Says New Electric Car Gets 230 Miles Per Gallon By Peter Whoriskey. Copyright by The Washington Post. Tuesday, August 11, 2009; 9:35 AM. General Motors announced today that its forthcoming electric vehicle, the Chevrolet Volt, will achieve city fuel economy of 230 miles per gallon, under testing that used draft federal fuel economy methodology standards for plug-in cars. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/11/AR2009081101090.html?hpid=topnews

GM puts vehicles on eBay - Test lets customers bid or 'buy it now' below sticker price By W.J. Hennigan. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. August 11, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-tc-biz-swap-0810-0811aug11,0,4505839.story

Microsoft’s SharePoint Thrives in the Recession By Ashlee Vance. Copyright by The New York Times. August 7, 2009, 6:50 pm http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/microsofts-sharepoint-thrives-in-the-recession/?th&emc=th

In a Digital Future, Textbooks Are History By TAMAR LEWIN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 8, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/education/09textbook.html?th&emc=th

Fibonacci Sequence: Numbers of Life, Matrix of Universe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAqTfBaqxGM&feature=related

Other

Seattle Paper Is Resurgent as a Solo Act By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 9, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/business/media/10seattle.html?th&emc=th

Airlines Set to Ask More of Passengers - Government Says Extra Information Will Prevent Watch-List Mismatches By Spencer S. Hsu. Copyright by The Washington Post. Thursday, August 13, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/12/AR2009081203000.html?hpid=topnews


Humor

WEAKLY HUMERUS NEWS 08-15-09 AIMED AT YOUR FUNNY BONE http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/08/weakly-humerus-news-08-15-09-aimed-at.html

Town Hall Meeting Casting Call http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/08/town-hall-mweeting-casting-call.html

Banned Commercials – Durex http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bizJWtJ0xXo&NR=1

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Mini Newsletter: Practitioners Should Avoid Telling Clients They Can Change from Gay to Straight - August 8, 2009

Mini Newsletter: Practitioners Should Avoid Telling Clients They Can Change from Gay to Straight - August 8, 2009


“There's nothing like a dry research paper to help clear up the sexiest and most controversial of topics. With a 138-page report to back them up, the American Psychological Association this week declared that mental health professionals should not tell their gay clients that they can become straight through therapy or other treatments. The group's resolution, passed this week, was prompted by claims to the contrary by a small group of therapists, mostly religious conservatives.” Chicago Sun-Times Editorial

Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: Kudos to APA for stand vs. 'converting' gays. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. August 8, 2009 http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1707035,CST-EDT-edit09a.article

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE THAT SEXUAL ORIENTATION CHANGE EFFORTS WORK, SAYS APA Copyright by Christian Gasys.com and The American Psychological Association. Aug 5, 2009. Practitioners Should Avoid Telling Clients They Can Change from Gay to Straight. http://christiangays.com/articles/apa_release.shtml




International

German exports show unexpected surge By Ralph Atkins in Frankfurt. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 7 2009 08:41 | Last updated: August 7 2009 08:41 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/855b486a-8322-11de-a24e-00144feabdc0.html

Medvedev orders probe into state companies By Catherine Belton in Moscow. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 7 2009 15:44 | Last updated: August 7 2009 15:44. Dmitry Medvedev has ordered a probe into the activities of Russia’s state-owned companies as pressure mounts over the government’s handling of the economy that shrank 10 per cent in the first half of the year. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/335d6fe4-8358-11de-a24e-00144feabdc0.html




China

Beijing orders state banks to slow loans - New loan volume triples in first half By Jamil Anderlini in Beijing. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 7 2009 17:06 | Last updated: August 7 2009 17:06 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e06c271e-8369-11de-a24e-00144feabdc0.html

China hints at softer line in climate talks By Kathrin Hille in Beijing and Fiona Harvey in London. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 5 2009 17:16 | Last updated: August 5 2009 17:16 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d0a173a8-81d8-11de-9c5e-00144feabdc0.html



Mess-o-potamia

Iran’s regime prevails – at the cost of its legitimacy By David Gardner. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 6 2009 19:24 | Last updated: August 6 2009 19:24. The body language will have been instantly comprehensible to any and every Iranian who watched it. At his religious confirmation as Iran’s president on Monday, Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad made as if to embrace Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The supreme leader brushed him aside and the president ended up planting a kiss on his shoulder. It was as if this mercurial and messianic president, eight weeks after the regime convulsed Iran by imposing his re-election on a rebellious people, had been brought to heel. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/768a675a-82b2-11de-ab4a-00144feabdc0.html

August 6, 2009: Ahmadidn't Win http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-august-6-2009/ahmadidn-t-win

Washington Post Editorial: The Spectacle in Tehran - Show trials in the Stalinist tradition for those who would challenge the regime's legitimacy. Copyright by The Washington Post. Tuesday, August 4, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/03/AR2009080302558.html

Iran Resumes Mass Trial of Activists and Protesters. Copyright By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: August 8, 2009. Filed at 9:35 a.m. ET http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/08/08/world/AP-ML-Iran-Election.html?_r=1&ref=global-home

U.S. Weighs Iran Sanctions if Talks Are Rejected By DAVID E. SANGER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 2, 2009. The Obama administration is talking with allies and Congress about the possibility of imposing an extreme economic sanction against Iran if it fails to respond to President Obama’s offer to negotiate on its nuclear program: cutting off the country’s imports of gasoline and other refined oil products. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/03/world/middleeast/03nuke.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

Taliban Leader in Pakistan Is Reportedly Killed in Strike By PIR ZUBAIR SHAH, ISMAIL KHAN and SABRINA TAVERNISE. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: August 7, 2009. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Baitullah Mehsud, the main leader of Pakistan’s fearsome Taliban militia, was killed Wednesday in a C.I.A. missile strike, two Taliban fighters said Friday, but a spokesman for Pakistan’s military, Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas, said he could not confirm reports of Mr. Mehsud’s death. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/08/world/asia/08pstan.html?hp

Saudis refuse to make concessions for Israel By Daniel Dombey in Washington and Andrew England in Abu Dhabi Vita Bekker in Tel Aviv. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 3 2009 01:24 | Last updated: August 3 2009 01:24. The US push for Middle East peace is coming under increasing strain on all sides, in spite of a flurry of diplomacy and a personal intervention by President Barack Obama. Saud al-Faisal, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, capped off a week of top-level meetings by attacking an idea central to Washington’s drive – the call for Arab concessions to Israel. The US argues that, together with an Israeli freeze on settlements in occupied territories, Arab “confidence-building” measures would help pave the way to final negotiations. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a8e24964-7fc1-11de-85dc-00144feabdc0.html


National

Bill Clinton and Journalists in Emotional Return to U.S. By MARK LANDLER and PETER BAKER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 5, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/world/asia/06korea.html?_r=1&ref=global-home

Sotomayor Sworn In as Supreme Court Justice By CHARLIE SAVAGE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 8, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/us/politics/09sotomayor.html?ref=global-home

For Puerto Ricans, Sotomayor’s Success Stirs Pride By DAVID GONZALEZ. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 6, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/nyregion/07puerto.html?th&emc=th

Sotomayor Confirmed by Senate, 68-31 By CHARLIE SAVAGE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 6, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/us/politics/07confirm.html?_r=1&ref=global-home

August 6, 2009: White Men Can't Judge - Sotomayor Confirmation http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-august-6-2009/white-men-can-t-judge---sotomayor-confirmation


Health Care reform

The Republican healthcare paradox By Clive Crook. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 2 2009 18:48 | Last updated: August 2 2009 18:48. Support for the administration of US president Barack Obama is fading, and the struggle over healthcare is a main reason. The Democratic party’s ambitions for health reform were only recently an electoral asset. No longer. A slim majority of voters – but a majority nonetheless – now says the plans emerging in Congress are unlikely to make them better off. Congressional action on the issue, once promised by the summer recess, has been delayed until the autumn, and some observers expect the whole endeavour to come to nothing. One striking aspect of the story is the role played by the Republican party – namely, no role at all. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8e920892-7f8a-11de-85dc-00144feabdc0.html

Rationing health care By Clarence Page. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. August 9, 2009. "Rationing" is one of the scariest words in the health-care debate. It conjures up apocalyptic nightmare images from "Soylent Green," the sci-fi thriller about a future in which the old and weak are quietly lured into early extinction for the sake of future generations. What the scaremongers don't like to talk about is how much our private insurers ration now -- mostly for the sake of their own profits. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped0809pageaug09,0,1132739.column

A myth that scares seniors to death By Clarence Page. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. August 5, 2009. Is the White House losing the message war on health care? Like other presidents, President Barack Obama is pestered by myths and conspiracy theorists. He can easily ignore the "birthers," who refuse to let facts get in the way of their misguided belief that Obama's birth certificate is a fake. But if there is any rumor that he needs to squelch as soon as possible, it is the truly dangerous myth that he wants to kill seniors. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped0805pageaug05,0,6249140.column

Getting health care healthy - Accepting death outside the hospital By Anne Moore. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. August 5, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-oped0805dieaug05,0,7589601.story

“American Values” — A Smoke Screen in the Debate on Health Care Reform by Allan S. Brett, M.D. Copyright by The New England Journal of Medicine. July 29th, 2009. Amid all the rhetoric about health care reform, one claim has emerged as a trump card designed to preserve the current patchwork of private and public insurance and to stop discussion of a government-sponsored single-payer system in its tracks: the claim that single-payer health care — a Canadian-style Medicare-for-all system — is antithetical to “American values.” The idea that American values dictate a particular approach to health care reform is often stated explicitly, and it is implicit in the generalization that “Americans want” a particular system. The underlying premise is that an identifiable set of American values point incontrovertibly to a health care system anchored by the private insurance industry. Remarkably, this premise has received very little scrutiny. http://healthcarereform.nejm.org/?p=1245?query=TOC

GOP doesn't dare challenge this government health care - Nice poker play last week by U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner. By Eric Zorn. Friday, August 07, 2009. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. As the House Energy and Commerce Committee was marking up health-care reform legislation, the New York Democrat offered up an amendment to abolish Medicare. His point? Not to get rid of the program that provides insurance for America's seniors on the 44th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson's signing of the Medicare Act of 1965, as he explained in his speech. But "to clarify one of the great, enduring mysteries." Where do "my Republican friends stand on the issue of government-run health-care?" http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2009/08/gop-doesnt-dare-challenge-this-government-health-care.html

Keith Olbermann on Health Care reform http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/ns/msnbc_tv-countdown_with_keith_olbermann#32277034



GOP Bashing

Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: If they keep this up, the party will be over. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. August 4, 2009. In case you haven't heard, President Obama is a member of a secret Kenyan terrorist cell who is scheming to dispatch waves of government bureaucrats to tell grandmas and grandpas how to off themselves. Such is the intellectual weight of a segment of the Republican Party these days. http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1699103,CST-EDT-edit04a.article

On birth (and the death of conservative movement) By Leonard Pitts. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. August 3, 2009. My daughter was born in Los Angeles County on Sept. 4, 1990. I know this because I was there. Should that not be proof enough, I also have her birth certificate. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-oped0803pittsaug03,0,4908489.story

`Natural-born' -- The most un-American section of the Constitution By Eric Zorn. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. August 4, 2009. Two new polls suggest that the Grand Old Party is having a Grand Old Meltdown over where President Barack Obama was born. Last week, Survey 2000 reported that 28 percent of Republicans in a nationwide survey of 2,400 adults said they did not believe Obama was born in the United States; Tuesday, Public Policy Polling will release results from a survey of 579 voters of Virginia showing that 41 percent of Republicans there think Obama is foreign-born. http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2009/08/natural-.html

Humans often deny science while trying to find meaning in patterns By Trine Tsouderos. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. August 4, 2009. Celebrities die in threes. The moon landing was a hoax. Climate change is a myth. And President Barack Obama? Not born on U.S. soil. http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/health/chi-talk-tsouderos-evolutionaug04,0,5818287.story

A Tip for The GOP: Look Away By Kathleen Parker. Copyright by The Washington Post. Wednesday, August 5, 2009....Now, apparently, it's the Buckeye State's turn to poke back. In a fusillade of pique, Ohio Sen. George Voinovich charged that Southerners are what's wrong with the Republican Party. "We got too many Jim DeMints and Tom Coburns," he told an interviewer with the Columbus Dispatch, referring to GOP senators from South Carolina and Oklahoma. "It's the Southerners. They get on TV and go 'errrr, errrrr.' People hear them and say, 'These people, they're Southerners. The party's being taken over by Southerners. What the hell they got to do with Ohio?' " http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/04/AR2009080402424.html

NRSC paid son of woman in Ensign affair By JOHN BRESNAHAN. Copyright by Politico.com. 6/17/09 8:01 PM EDT. The son of the couple at the center of the sex scandal that has engulfed Sen. John Ensign was being paid by National Republican Senatorial Committee in 2008 at the same time his mother was having an affair with the Nevada Republican. Both Doug and Cynthia Hampton were already working in senior positions for Ensign when their son Brandon Hampton was hired to do “research policy consulting” for the NRSC in March 2008. The younger Hampton, 19, was paid $5,400 before he left the Ensign office in August last year, Federal Election Commission records show. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0609/23844.html#ixzz0IiS31GuF&C

August 4, 2009: President Obama's Birthday Scam http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-august-4-2009/president-obama-s-birthday-scam

August 4, 2009: Obama Must Pass a Health Care Bill http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-august-4-2009/obama-must-pass-a-health-care-bill

August 4, 2009: Interim Presidents http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-august-4-2009/interim-presidents

August 4, 2009: Chuck Grassley's Debt and Deficit Dragon http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-august-4-2009/chuck-grassley-s-debt-and-deficit-dragon





Chicagoland

Another robbery reported in Lincoln Park. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. August 7, 2009. A 21-year-old man struggled with three attackers -- and possibly wrenched a t-shirt off one -- who stole his wallet during a mugging near his Lincoln Park neighborhood home early Friday. Six previous muggings have been reported, mostly in the early hours between July 30 and August 3, and police were investigating whether the early Friday incident is linked to them. http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1705606,lincoln-park-robbery-mugging-080709.article

Top cop: City's drop in murder rate 'encouraging' - But city's top cop says 'code of silence' hampers efforts to fight violent crime BY STEFANO ESPOSITO Staff Reporter/sesposito@suntimes.com. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. August 8, 2009 http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1706732,CST-NWS-stats08.article Editorial Note: Really? Read above!!!

Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: Don't mess with bill on freedom of information Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. August 7, 2009. The law is supposed to be a legal crowbar that average citizens and journalists can use to pry information out of local officials -- information they often don't want you to have. http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1705054,CST-EDT-edit07a.article

Chicago Tribune Editorial: Taken for a ride? Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. August 7, 2009. It is one of the most basic, least-known services the city provides: When someone dies in Chicago, his or her body needs to be picked up and transported, often to the morgue. Depending on the cause of death and other factors, that duty often falls to an Ohio-based company, GSSP Enterprise Inc. That's about 3,000 bodies a year. And until recently, that service cost the city an astonishingly high $915 a body. How expensive is that rate? Well, compare it to what Cook County pays a different company for similar service: about $250 a body. Or to what GSSP gets in Montgomery County, Ohio, its home base: $115. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/chi-0807edit2aug07,0,4415332.story

Chicago Tribune Editorial: Veto the campaign bill. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. August 6, 2009...Quinn, who once called it a "landmark" improvement, now suggests he may use his amendatory veto to improve the measure before sending it back to the legislature. But trying to fix this bill is like trying to teach a dog to talk. If you want a talking pet, it's a lot more sensible to get a parrot. If you want real campaign reform, it would make more sense to junk these phony reforms and start over.... http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/chi-0806edit1aug06,0,3235681.story

U. of I. trustee board chairman resigns by Tara Malone and Stacy St. Clair. Copyright © 2009, The Chicago Tribune. August 3, 2009 11:48 AM http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/08/u-of-i-trustee-board-chairman-resigns-hold-check-copy.html






Economy

Financial Times Editorial Comment: The value of bank independence. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 2 2009 18:50 | Last updated: August 2 2009 18:50. The current fashion for attacking central banks is understandable but it risks going too far. Whatever mistakes were made before the global financial crisis, the principle of independence is a vital part of modern economic policy-making. To undermine it would be a serious step backwards. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e5e967c6-7f84-11de-85dc-00144feabdc0,s01=1.html

Job Losses Slow in July, Signaling Shift in the Economy By JACK HEALY and LOUIS UCHITELLE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 7, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/08/business/economy/08jobs.html?_r=1&hp

US consumer spending up in June for 2nd straight month, personal incomes drop. CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER. Copyright 2009 Associated Press. 9:29 AM CDT, August 4, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-ap-us-economy,0,7733390.story

US manufacturing decline slows By Simone Baribeau in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 3 2009 17:48 | Last updated: August 3 2009 17:48 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0c30991e-8047-11de-bf04-00144feabdc0.html

Wall Street profits from trades with Fed - Returns soar on deals with central bank By Henny Sender in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 2 2009 23:04 | Last updated: August 2 2009 23:04 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e84383dc-7f8c-11de-85dc-00144feabdc0.html

'Cash-For-Clunkers' Program Gets $2B Refill. Copyright by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: August 7, 2009. Filed at 9:19 p.m. ET http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/08/07/us/politics/AP-US-Cash-for-Clunkers.html?scp=4&sq=obama%20signs%20cash%20for%20clunkers%20law&st=Searc

Ford sales rise in July after 19 consecutive declines - Ford reports a 2% rise in sales from June, its first monthly increase since November 2007. Ford says it was having a good month even before the government's 'cash for clunkers' program took effect. By Martin Zimmerman. Copyright © 2009, The Los Angeles Times. 11:11 AM CDT, August 3, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/la-fi-auto-sales4-2009aug04,0,725532.story

Winners of Energy Grants Announced By Dana Hedgpeth. Copyright by The Washington Post. Wednesday, August 5, 2009; 1:12 PM. The Obama administration said Wednesday that General Motors, Ford and Chrysler will receive more than $400 million to help manufacture advanced hybrid and electric vehicles as part of an energy program meant to help create jobs and reduce the country's reliance on foreign oil. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/05/AR2009080500905.html?hpid=topnews

Postal Service considers closings, consolidation By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID. Copyright by The Associated Press. Monday, August 3, 2009; 9:31 PM. The Postal Service may register a loss of nearly $7 billion this fiscal year in spite of a 2-cent increase in the price of stamps in May, cuts in staff and removal of collection boxes. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/03/AR2009080301744.html

PRC list of candidates for closure: http://www.prc.gov/Docs/63/63990/SBOC%20Full%20Study%20July%20List.pdf



Commodities

European central banks agree to lower gold sales ceiling - Bullion price nears two-month high By Javier Blas in London. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 7 2009 12:10 | Last updated: August 7 2009 17:08 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5f5fbefa-8338-11de-a24e-00144feabdc0.html

White sugar breaks 25-year high - Oil prices hit 2009 peak at $73.50 By Javier Blas in London. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 3 2009 12:20 | Last updated: August 3 2009 17:29 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cc8dba54-801d-11de-bf04-00144feabdc0.html



GLBT

Appellate Court installs first gay judge By Amy Wooten. Copyright by The Chicago Free Press. August 6, 2009. On Monday, Sebastian Patti was installed as the first openly gay justice of the Illinois Appellate Court, the state’s second highest court. http://www.chicagofreepress.com/node/3772

Minnesota Episcopal Diocese considering lesbian for bishop - Chicago rector's selection would be a test of a recent Episcopal rule change By Manya A. Brachear. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. August 3, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-gay-bishop-03-aug03,0,4651949.story

New York Times Editorial: Playing a Deadly Game With AIDS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 4, 2009. Nearly 600,000 Americans with AIDS have died since the beginning of the epidemic. Nearly a third of those cases can be traced to intravenous drug users who became infected with the virus that causes AIDS by sharing contaminated needles and who sometimes infect wives, lovers and unborn children. Many of the dead would never have been infected if Congress had allowed federal financing for programs that have been shown the world over to slow the spread of disease, without increasing drug use, by making clean needles available to addicts. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/opinion/05wed2.html

TAKE ACTION TO END THE HIV BAN http://www.immigrationequality.org/template3.php?pageid=1142


Immigration

Firm Stance on Illegal Immigrants Remains Policy By JULIA PRESTON. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 3, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/us/politics/04immig.html?th&emc=th

U.S. to Reform Policy on Detention for Immigrants By NINA BERNSTEIN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 5, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/us/politics/06detain.html?_r=1&th&emc=th


Technology

Now on YouTube, Local News By BRIAN STELTER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 2, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/03/business/media/03youtube.html?th&emc=th

Save Net Neutrality: To find out about Net Neutrality, WATCH http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_5Ic5Ic0u4.

Tell Congress: Pass Net Neutrality Legislation Now http://www.savetheinternet.com/

Online Attack Silences Twitter for Much of Day By JENNA WORTHAM. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: August 6, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/technology/internet/07twitter.html?th&emc=th

Cyber-attacks ‘aimed at Georgia blogger’ - Twitter, Facebook and LiveJournal suffer in assault By Joseph Menn and David Gelles in San Francisco. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 7 2009 20:17 | Last updated: August 7 2009 23:21 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/203fbc78-8380-11de-a24e-00144feabdc0.html

Twitter Service Spotty as Attacks Continue By Riva Richmond AND Jenna Wortham. Copyright by The New York Times. August 7, 2009, 3:25 pm http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/twitter-apps-blocked-as-attacks-continue-friday/?th&emc=th



Humor

WEAKLY HUMERUS NEWS 08-01-09 AIMED AT YOUR FUNNY BONE http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/08/weakly-humerus-news-08-01-09-aimed-at.html

Security Alert http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/08/security-alert.html

Golf Outing http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/08/golf-outing.html

Driver's test http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/08/drivers-test.html


Ps. The new book is finally moving along. I can work on it now. First chater is on the computer (2000 words). Also reviewing a diary kept by something called “Care Pages” about her odyssey. I think I will use Isabel, as the title of the book.

New! Carlos now has an online store. Order your books directly from Carlos and have them signed and dedicated.http://www.carlostmock.com/catalog/



In Pride (orgullo),


Carlos T. Mock, MD
www.carlostmock.com   
Author: Borrowing Time: A Latino Sexual Odyssey - Floricanto Press 2003.
Nominated for a Stonewall Award by the American Library Association GLBT
Round Table.
Author: The Mosaic Virus – Floricanto Press 2007.  Nominated for a Stonewall Award by the American Library Association GLBT Round Table, and a Lammie from The Lambda Literary Foundation
Author: Author: Papi Chulo – Floricanto Press 2007.  Nominated for a Stonewall Award by the American Library Association GLBT Round Table, and a Lammie from The Lambda Literary Foundation

Mini Newsletter: Health Care Reform and You - August 1, 2009

Mini Newsletter: Health Care Reform and You - August 1, 2009

“The health care reform bills moving through Congress look as though they would do a good job of providing coverage for millions of uninsured Americans. But what would they do for the far greater number of people who already have insurance? As President Obama noted in his news conference last week, many of them are wondering: ‘What’s in this for me? How does my family stand to benefit from health insurance reform?’” New York Times Editorial

New York Times Editorial: Health Care Reform and You. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: July 25, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/opinion/26sun1.html?th&emc=th

Health Policy Is Carved Out at Table for 6 By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and ROBERT PEAR. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: July 27, 2009... The fate of the health care overhaul largely rests on the shoulders of six senators who since June 17 have gathered — often twice a day, and for many hours at a stretch — in a conference room with burnt sienna walls, in the office of the Senate Finance Committee chairman, Max Baucus, Democrat of Montana....http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/us/politics/28baucus.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

“American Values” — A Smoke Screen in the Debate on Health Care Reform by Allan S. Brett, M.D. Copyright by The New England Journal of Medicine. July 29th, 2009. Amid all the rhetoric about health care reform, one claim has emerged as a trump card designed to preserve the current patchwork of private and public insurance and to stop discussion of a government-sponsored single-payer system in its tracks: the claim that single-payer health care — a Canadian-style Medicare-for-all system — is antithetical to “American values.” The idea that American values dictate a particular approach to health care reform is often stated explicitly, and it is implicit in the generalization that “Americans want” a particular system. The underlying premise is that an identifiable set of American values point incontrovertibly to a health care system anchored by the private insurance industry. Remarkably, this premise has received very little scrutiny. http://healthcarereform.nejm.org/?p=1245?query=TOC

Health Care Realities By PAUL KRUGMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: July 30, 2009. At a recent town hall meeting, a man stood up and told Representative Bob Inglis to “keep your government hands off my Medicare.” The congressman, a Republican from South Carolina, tried to explain that Medicare is already a government program — but the voter, Mr. Inglis said, “wasn’t having any of it.” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/opinion/31krugman.html?_r=1&th&emc=th


Why We Must Ration Health Care By PETER SINGER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: July 15, 2009. You have advanced kidney cancer. It will kill you, probably in the next year or two. A drug called Sutent slows the spread of the cancer and may give you an extra six months, but at a cost of $54,000. Is a few more months worth that much? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/magazine/19healthcare-t.html?_r=1

Deal keeps US healthcare reform on track By Edward Luce in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: July 31 2009 23:29 | Last updated: July 31 2009 23:29. Liberal and conservative Democrats on Friday pulled off a last-minute compromise on healthcare that will enable them to go into the summer congressional recess with the reform process still on track. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5e1e204e-7e20-11de-8f8d-00144feabdc0.html

Healthraiser http://www.hulu.com/watch/86378/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-healthraiser

Daily Show -- You're Welcome - Health Care Reform http://vodpod.com/watch/1984809-daily-show-youre-welcome-health-care-reform

International

Russia signs oil contracts with Cuba - Zarubezhneft to drill for oil in Gulf of Mexico © Reuters Limited. July 30, 2009 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ea362a36-7ce0-11de-9f29-00144feabdc0.html

Car Bomb Wounds Dozens in Northern Spain By VICTORIA BURNETT. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: July 29, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/world/europe/30spain.html?ref=global-home

Second bomb blast hits Spain - Two police officers killed on Mallorca By Mark Mulligan in Madrid. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: July 30 2009 14:28 | Last updated: July 30 2009 16:22 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/701e4d6c-7d0a-11de-9f29-00144feabdc0.html

US and UBS strike deal on client identities By Joanna Chung in New York and Daniel Dombey in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: July 31 2009 14:25 | Last updated: August 1 2009 00:03. The US and Switzerland on Friday reached an agreement on the closely watched dispute over whether UBS should be forced to reveal the identities of thousands of its American clients. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c25cddd6-7dd3-11de-8f8d-00144feabdc0.html

Eurozone inflation remains negative - Data fuel fears of deflationary phase By Ralph Atkins in Frankfurt. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: July 31 2009 11:03 | Last updated: July 31 2009 11:03 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8d56bac6-7db5-11de-8f8d-00144feabdc0.html

India rejects emissions cuts for a decade - New Delhi stays tough ahead of global talks By James Lamont in New Delhi and Fiona Harvey in London. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: July 31 2009 19:29 | Last updated: July 31 2009 19:29 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/80a9200e-7dfe-11de-8f8d-00144feabdc0.html

Japan reports record deflation - Unemployment hits six-year high By Mure Dickie in Tokyo. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: July 31 2009 06:09 | Last updated: July 31 2009 08:34 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9490f6ec-7d8f-11de-8f8d-00144feabdc0.html



China

US seeks closer China ties - Obama sets out vision in talks By Daniel Dombey and Sarah O’Connor in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: July 27 2009 19:36 | Last updated: July 27 2009 19:36 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/237d8afe-7ada-11de-8c34-00144feabdc0.html

US and China display united economic stance - Countries at odds over climate change By Daniel Dombey and Sarah O’Connor in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: July 29 2009 00:29 | Last updated: July 29 2009 00:29 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/63165076-7bcd-11de-9772-00144feabdc0.html

China’s July PMI inches up as recovery solidifies © Reuters Limited. August 1, 2009. BEIJING, Aug 1 - China’s manufacturing sector consolidated its recovery in July, with businesses benefiting from a revived domestic economy and reporting a slight pick-up in external demand, a key survey released on Saturday showed. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/65eaab26-7e84-11de-999d-00144feabdc0.html



Mess-o-potamia

Iran’s Opposition Calls Crackdown ‘Immoral’ By ROBERT F. WORTH and NAZILA FATHI. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: July 25, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/world/middleeast/26iran.html?_r=1&ref=global-home

Strong Words From Iranian Opposition Leader By ROBERT F. WORTH and NAZILA FATHI. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: July 27, 2009. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian opposition leader Mir Hussein Moussavi spoke out more strongly than ever before on Monday against the arrests and killings of protesters, hours before Iran’s supreme leader ordered the closure of a “nonstandard” prison in an apparent effort to deflect rising criticism over the issue. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/world/middleeast/28iran.html?_r=1&ref=global-home

Iran tries moderates over election unrest - On trial for trying to topple establishment © Reuters Limited. August 1, 2009 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2db83512-7e83-11de-999d-00144feabdc0.html

Iranian Police Move to Break Up Mourning Ceremony By ROBERT F. WORTH and NAZILA FATHI. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: July 30, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/world/middleeast/31iran.html?ref=global-home

Gates Says Iraq Troop Withdrawal Could Be Accelerated By ELISABETH BUMILLER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: July 29, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/world/middleeast/30military.html?_r=1&ref=global-home

U.S. Adviser’s Blunt Memo on Iraq: Time ‘to Go Home’ By MICHAEL R. GORDON. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: July 30, 2009. WASHINGTON — A senior American military adviser in Baghdad has concluded in an unusually blunt memo that the Iraqi forces suffer from deeply entrenched deficiencies but are now capable of protecting the Iraqi government, and that it is time “for the U.S. to declare victory and go home.” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/world/middleeast/31adviser.html?_r=1&ref=global-home


National

Obama names Medal of Freedom recipients, including Harvey Milk, Sidney Poitier - The president said the 16 people he chose to be honored share the quality of being 'agents of change.' By Mark Silva. Copyright © 2009, The Los Angeles Times. July 31, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-na-obama-medal-freedom31-2009jul31,0,1097003.story

Bite Your Tongue By MAUREEN DOWD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: July 25, 2009. Being obnoxious isn’t a crime. As we reflect on the arc of civil rights dramas from Jim Crow to Jim Crowley, my friend John Timoney, the police chief of Miami, observes: “There’s a fine line between disorderly conduct and freedom of speech. It can get tough out there, but I tell my officers, ‘Don’t make matters worse by throwing handcuffs on someone. Bite your tongue and just leave.’ ” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/opinion/26dowd.html?th&emc=th

Henry Louis-Gate http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-july-28-2009/henry-louis-gate

July 28, 2009: Henry Louis-Gate - Race Card http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-july-28-2009/henry-louis-gate---race-card



GOP Bashing

Washington Post Editorial: Interrogations and Prosecution - U.S. operatives who went beyond Bush-approved methods in questioning detainees must be held accountable.. Copyright by The Washington Post. Monday, July 27, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/26/AR2009072602192.html

Sarah Grabs the Grievance Grab Bag From Hillary By MAUREEN DOWD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: July 28, 2009. The woman who was prematurely counted in is out. And the woman who was prematurely counted out is in. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/29/opinion/29dowd.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

Quitter http://www.hulu.com/watch/85873/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-quitter




Chicagoland

State's unpaid bills in the billions - Quinn points to $3.9 billion in state debts as he chops jobs and programs, renews call for income tax hike BY CHRIS FUSCO AND DAVE MCKINNEY. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. August 1, 2009. http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/1695836,CST-NWS-quinn01.article

Recession Shadowing Chicago Bid for Games By MONICA DAVEY. Copyright by the Associated Press. Published: July 26, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/us/27olympics.html?_r=1&th=&adxnnl=1&emc=th&adxnnlx=1248732834-bxR07n9mGOx76XVPBZ7Q2Q

What The Tribune won't tell you about the war on drugs - Response to Editorial "Kind of dopey." from the same day. By Carlos T Mock, MD, F. A. C. O. G. July 25, 2009. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/07/what-tribune-wont-tell-you-about-war-on.html

Giannoulias joins Senate race - Treasurer plays up immigrant roots, says he stands with working people BY ABDON M. PALLASCH apallasch@suntimes.com. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. July 27, 2009 http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/1686373,CST-NWS-senate27.article

Julie Hamos Running For Mark Kirk's House Seat. Copyright by The ASSOCIATED PRESS. First Posted: 07-27-09 02:09 PM | Updated: 07-27-09 02:15 PM http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/27/julie-hamos-running-for-m_n_245618.html

Daley appoints Maldonado as 26th Ward alderman BY FRAN SPIELMAN. Copyright by The Chicago Sun Times. July 27, 2009 http://www.suntimes.com/news/cityhall/1687024,daley-appoints-maldonado-alderman-072709.article

Are we immune to caring about this threat? BY CAROL MARIN. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. July 29, 2009. Homicides may be down in Chicago, but shootings are up. By how much? Great question, but a hard answer to come by. http://www.suntimes.com/news/marin/1689862,CST-EDT-Carol29.article




Your Lack of Money

U.S. Economy Shrank Less Than Expected in Quarter By CATHERINE RAMPELL and JACK HEALY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: July 31, 2009. The economy’s long, churning decline leveled off significantly from April through June, the government reported on Friday, supporting hopes that the economy would turn around in the second half of the year. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/01/business/economy/01econ.html?hp

New weekly US jobless claims rise - Unemployment expected to hit 9.6% in July By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: July 30 2009 15:13 | Last updated: July 30 2009 16:11 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/22905bc4-7d11-11de-9f29-00144feabdc0.html

US durable goods orders fall in June - Demand for transportation equipment sinks By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: July 29 2009 14:44 | Last updated: July 29 2009 15:33 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6e2a5a34-7c45-11de-a7bf-00144feabdc0.html

White House Says ‘Clunkers’ Rebate Plan Will Go On By MATTHEW L. WALD. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: July 31, 2009. WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives voted to provide an emergency $2 billion for the “cash for clunkers” program on Friday, and the White House declared the program very much alive, even though new-car shoppers appear to have already snapped up all the $1 billion that Congress originally appropriated for it. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/01/business/01clunkers.html?hp

Cuomo details bonuses at Tarp banks - Citi pays 124 employees more than $3m By Greg Farrell in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: July 30 2009 18:18 | Last updated: July 30 2009 18:49 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ff921710-7d2a-11de-b8ee-00144feabdc0.html


Commodities

Dollar dips ahead of US growth data - Risk appetite slims before GDP figures By Neil Dennis. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: July 31 2009 11:16 | Last updated: July 31 2009 11:16. The dollar remained on the slide on Friday, with markets in thrall of economic growth data to come from the US later in the day. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d36ffca2-7dba-11de-8f8d-00144feabdc0.html



Housing

New US home sales surge in June - Housing market shows signs of bottoming By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: July 27 2009 15:57 | Last updated: July 27 2009 19:24 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/50214392-7abd-11de-8c34-00144feabdc0.html

US home prices rise in May - First monthly increase in three years By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: July 28 2009 15:21 | Last updated: July 28 2009 15:21 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4550a872-7b80-11de-9772-00144feabdc0.html

Luxury prices keep falling - Mansions priced at $1 million-plus are harder to sell, so owners ask for less -- and add perks By Lisa Black. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. July 27, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-bargain-mansions-27-jul27,0,3574823.story

July 29, 2009: Home Crisis Investigation http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-july-29-2009/home-crisis-investigation



GLBT

Race to equality: Fed marriage lawsuits by Lisa Keen ©2009 Keen News Service. 2009-07-29. This is the third in a series looking at the suddenly crowded field of federal lawsuits seeking to make history by being the first to secure equal marriage rights in the United States. http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=21918

Backers of Gay Marriage Rethink California Push By JESSE McKINLEY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: July 26, 2009. LOS ANGELES — Discouraged by stubborn poll numbers and pessimistic political consultants, major financial backers of same-sex marriage are cautioning gay rights groups to delay a campaign to overturn California’s ban on such unions until at least 2012. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/us/27gay.html?th&emc=th

The Battle Over a Baby By PAMELA PAUL. Published: July 22, 2009. On Christmas Eve in 2007, the State of West Virginia bestowed upon Kathryn Kutil and Cheryl Hess of Oak Hill a relative rarity in the foster-care system: a newborn. The baby girl, TiCasey, was born on Dec. 8 to a longtime drug addict, father unknown, and entered the world with cocaine, opiates and benzodiazepines in her bloodstream. For two weeks after delivery, she went through withdrawal, unable to sleep and crying incessantly. When not being held by a hospital nurse, she was put in special rocking machines to help relieve her pain. Still suffering from tremors and extended crying jags, TiCasey arrived at Kutil and Hess’s home, where she was met by five other foster children all clamoring to hold her. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/magazine/26lesbian-t.html?th&emc=th

Facing Gay Rift, Anglican Sees ‘Two-Track’ Church By ALAN COWELL. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: July 28, 2009. Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury, said profound differences among the world’s 77 million Anglicans over gay clergy and same-sex unions could divide their church into a “two-track model” yielding “two styles of being Anglican.” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/29/world/europe/29church.html?_r=1&ref=global-home

How Do You Turn Walter Cronkite Into a Friend of Gay Rights? Zap Him. By Edward Alwood. Copyright by The Washington Post. Sunday, July 26, 2009. Walter Cronkite's illustrious career is remembered for the historic events he covered, from the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. to the moon landing and the Vietnam War. But Cronkite also reported on burgeoning social movements, including the struggle for gay liberation. After becoming a target of that movement, Cronkite would become a behind-the-scenes ally. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/24/AR2009072402084.html

Market Days celebrates Mardi Gras By Amy Wooten. Copyright by The Chicago Free Press. July 30, 2009. This summer may have been unseasonably cool, but the upcoming Market Days street festival will surely heat things up. http://www.chicagofreepress.com/node/3747

Former Chicago couple wins unprecedented Brazilian victory By Amy Wooten. Copyright by The Chicago Free Press. July 30, 2009. A few years ago, a binational gay couple was forced to leave Chicago and move to Brazil, just so they could be together. Their story, unfortunately, is hardly unique. But the couple just won an unprecedented court ruling in Brazil that they hope serves as a wake up call to folks back in the U.S. http://www.chicagofreepress.com/node/3752

Daley backs business set-asides for gay-owned firms by Dan Mihalopoulos. Copyright © 2009, The Chicago Tribune. July 29, 2009 http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2009/07/daley-backs-business-setasides-for-gayowned-firms.html

Harris endorses Steans for 7th District seat By Amy Wooten. Copyright by The Chicago Free Press. July 30, 2009. Openly gay state lawmaker Rep. Greg Harris (D-Chicago) recently endorsed colleague Rep. Heather Steans (D-Chicago) over gay activist Jim Madigan, who is challenging her for the 7th District seat. Madigan told CFP that the news was “not a surprise,” in large part because he did not seek Harris’ endorsement. http://www.chicagofreepress.com/node/3750


Immigration

New York Times Editorial: Detained and Abused. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: July 31, 2009. One toxic remnant of one of the Bush administration’s failed wars — the one on illegal immigrants — is immigration detention. Wanting to appear tough, Bush officials cobbled together, at great speed and expense, a network of federal centers, state and county lockups and private, for-profit prisons. They needed lots of beds to warehouse the tens of thousands of people its raiders and local police were flushing out of the shadows. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/01/opinion/01sat2.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

Controversy precedes Latino conference - Economics in focus amid criticism for immigration stance By Oscar Avila. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. July 26, 2009. An influential Latino civil-rights group kicked off its national conference in Chicago on Friday by spotlighting immigrants taking their oaths as citizens, a tribute to the American dream. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-la_raza-race-name_avilajul26,0,6590832.story


Technology

Finally, a Way to Hide Your Gmail Addiction By Farhad Manjoo. Copyright by The New York Times. July 31, 2009, 4:54 pm. Update | 7:58 a.m. Corrected the “on behalf of” language displayed by Google. Back in May, I lamented a crucial problem that was delaying a dream of mine — a truly universal e-mail inbox. Google’s Gmail, by far the most flexible Web-based e-mail system, gives users several tools to combine all of their many e-mail addresses into one inbox. You can run your work e-mail, your personal e-mail, your college alumni e-mail and every other online identity from the same space. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/finally-a-way-to-hide-your-gmail-addiction/?th&emc=th

Apple targets new player revolution - December launch for entertainment tablet By Joseph Menn in San Francisco, Matthew Garrahan in Los Angeles and Kenneth Li in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: July 27 2009 01:01 | Last updated: July 27 2009 01:01. Apple is racing to offer a portable tablet-sized computer in time for the Christmas shopping season, in what the entertainment industry hopes will be a new revolution. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a52c9ec0-7a29-11de-b86f-00144feabdc0.html

Apple rejects Google applications for iPhone - Sign of growing rivalry between allies By Joseph Menn in San Francisco. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: July 28 2009 23:46 | Last updated: July 28 2009 23:46 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/11c256da-7bc7-11de-9772-00144feabdc0.html

FCC investigates Apple’s ban of Google Voice - Regulator questions AT&T influence By Joseph Menn in San Francisco. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: August 1 2009 03:17 | Last updated: August 1 2009 03:17 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/26545310-7e41-11de-8f8d-00144feabdc0.html

Microsoft and Yahoo agree search deal - Yahoo stock falls as 10-year pact unveiled By Richard Waters and Joseph Menn in San Francisco, and Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: July 29 2009 00:41 | Last updated: July 29 2009 16:30 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/488009c2-7bce-11de-9772-00144feabdc0.html



Medical

An Abortion Battle, Fought to the Death By DAVID BARSTOW. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: July 25, 2009. WICHITA, Kan. — It did not take long for anti-abortion leaders to realize that George R. Tiller was more formidable than other doctors they had tried to shut down. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/us/26tiller.html?_r=1&th&emc=th




Other

Washington Post Editorial: Cocaine Justice - Strides are being made toward fairness in sentencing. Copyright by The Washington Post. Sunday, July 26, 2009. THIS YEAR marks the 25th anniversary of legislation that created mandatory minimum sentences and established a 100-to-1 sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine. Over those 25 years, something close to consensus has emerged that the imbalance is unfair and possibly discriminatory. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has called for closing the gap, commenting that "we all know that this egregious difference in punishment is simply wrong." Yet it has persisted, filling America's prisons and undermining many people's faith in the criminal justice system. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/25/AR2009072501948.html




Humor

Dr. Epstein http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/07/dr-epstein.html

Behar Fake ass real ass http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV3oIu1qmqg

Best. Wedding Entrance. Ever http://www.lemondrop.com/2009/07/24/-wedding-entrance-video-forever-ever/


Ps. The new book is finally moving along. I can work on it now. First chater is on the computer (2000 words). Also reviewing a diary kept by something called “Care Pages” about her odyssey. I think I will use Isabel, as the title of the book.

New! Carlos now has an online store. Order your books directly from Carlos and have them signed and dedicated.http://www.carlostmock.com/catalog/



In Pride (orgullo),


Carlos T. Mock, MD
www.carlostmock.com   
Author: Borrowing Time: A Latino Sexual Odyssey - Floricanto Press 2003.
Nominated for a Stonewall Award by the American Library Association GLBT
Round Table.
Author: The Mosaic Virus – Floricanto Press 2007.  Nominated for a Stonewall Award by the American Library Association GLBT Round Table, and a Lammie from The Lambda Literary Foundation
Author: Author: Papi Chulo – Floricanto Press 2007.  Nominated for a Stonewall Award by the American Library Association GLBT Round Table, and a Lammie from The Lambda Literary Foundation